Abstract
This objective of this study is to determine the post-pandemic changes to the residential space use behavior based on the residential characteristics of single-person households in Korea. Five studies related to post-pandemic residential space use behavior were investigated to develop a survey. The survey included four items on the sociodemographic characteristics, five items on the residential characteristics of single-person households, and five items on satisfaction of residential spaces and use behavior. An online survey was conducted for 307 single-person households, and the answers were cross-analyzed with the PASW Statistics 18 Application and analyzed using ANOVA. The findings are as follows. First, single-person households showed different residential characteristics depending on characteristics highly correlated with economic power (education level, income, occupation). Second, the amount of time spent in residential spaces greatly increased since the pandemic, and a large proportion of those who stay at home all day lived on a monthly rent. Third, although most participants showed high use rate and satisfaction on bedrooms that is used to secure personal space and rest, those who live in apartments showed high use rate and satisfaction on living rooms. Fourth, those who live in studio-style houses showed high demand for privacy, and those who live in row houses and apartments showed high demand for space control, controlling the quality of space. The findings can be used as basic data to plan residential spaces for single-person households in the post-COVID era.
Presenters
Jungwon AnStudent, Master's Course, Inje University, Gyeongsangnamdo [Kyongsangnam-do], South Korea Heykyung Park
Professor, Interior Architecture, Inje University, Gyeongsangnamdo [Kyongsangnam-do], South Korea Jiyoung Oh
Research Professor, Research Institute of Human Ecology, Pusan National University, Busan Gwang'yeogsi [Pusan-Kwangyokshi], South Korea
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Single-person households, Residential characteristics, Use behavior
