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Factors influencing older persons' residential satisfaction in big and densely populated cities in Asia
— a case study in Hong Kong | | Author(s) | David R Phillips, Oi-Ling Siu, Anthony G O Yeh |
| Journal title | Ageing International, vol 29, no 1, Winter 2004 |
| Pages | pp 46-70 |
| Source | http://www.transactionpub.com |
| Keywords | Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Life satisfaction ; Urban areas ; Social surveys ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | Many different "domains" in older people's living environments potentially influence their residential satisfaction and thereby their well-being. Factors that might affect their residential satisfaction were explored in a busy Asian city, Hong Kong, in terms of structural, informal and formal "domains" around or near the neighbourhood. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with a random sample of 518 residents aged 60+ who lived in various housing arrangements (new vs old, private vs public). Hierarchical regression models revealed that the structural domain had the strongest tie with residential satisfaction. Formal and informal types of support for older people's needs were generally unrelated to residential satisfaction. Further investigations showed that all elements of the structural domain (interior and exterior dwelling characteristics, and security concerns) contributed unique variance to residential satisfaction. Satisfaction with community facilities, an element of the formal domain, was related to residential satisfaction, even when variations from other domains were accounted for. When all three domains were analysed simultaneously for their contributions to residential satisfaction, all the elements of structural domain and the community facilities element of the formal domain contributed unique variance. Implications of these findings for policy-makers in designing home settings for older people in Hong Kong and other Asian cities are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041130209 A |
| Classmark | RH: F:5HH: RK: 3F: 7DR |
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