Personal Innovativeness Toward Housing in American Rural Elderly

미국 농촌지역 노인들의 주거에 대한 개인적인 혁신도

The major purpose of this study was to determine the factors which affect elderly individuals' innovativeness toward housing. The. study analyzed data from the Southern Regional Research Project. S-194. “Barriers and incentives to affordable Housing”. The sample consisted of 1.878 respondents over age 55 who resided in 28 communties in seven southern states in the U.S. Results describing demographic and housing characteristics of respondents were summarized. The following findings were revealed from two statistical techniques (the ANOVA and Multiple Regression): 1) Those age 55 to 64. previous residents of larger communities. and those with higher incomes possess higher personal innovativeness toward housing: and 2) Age was a significant predictor to explain elderly respondents' positive attitude to adopt new or unusual housing types and technologies in housing.