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The Relationship between Subjective Happiness and Satisfaction of Social Sustainability in Residential Environment

주거환경의 사회적 지속가능성 만족도와 주관적 행복감과의 관계

  • 신화경 (상명대학교 소비자주거학과) ;
  • 조인숙 (상명대학교 소비자주거학과)
  • Received : 2015.01.25
  • Accepted : 2015.04.03
  • Published : 2015.04.25
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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the relationship between subjective happiness and satisfaction of social sustainability in residential environment. The data for the analysis were collected through questionnaire survey method from October 29 to November 10, 2013, and the sample consisted of 338 residents living in Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do province. The social sustianability was composed of locality, communality and organism. Locality composed of historical and cultural reflection of regional identity and of regions. Communality composed of social integration, community program and facilities. Organism composed of employment, self-sufficiency, welfare, population, safety and housing. The findings of the study were as followings: 1) The average of subjective happiness was 3.82 points, over neutral. 2) The social sustainability in residential environment was related with the subjective happiness. 3) In the social sustainability in residential environment, the residents was satisfied with locality and organism, but they was not satisfied with communality.

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