• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.65-72
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• 2019

This study aimed to identify the prevalence of communicable diseases at household level and associated risk factors among urban slum residents of Rupandehi district of Nepal. A cross-sectional study was carried out among a total of 259 purposively selected households in the urban slum of Butwal sub-metropolitan city, Rupandehi, Nepal between 25 November and 7 December, 2018. Prevalence of communicable diseases in the households within past one year were reported followed by assessment of risk factors associated with prevalence of communicable diseases using multivariable logistic regression analysis. The study result revealed that out of 259 study participants, more than two third (71.8%) reported to have at least any one of the communicable diseases in the household within past one year, and most common (91.9 %) reported to have cold and cough and diarrheal diseases. Final multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that study participants who did not have appropriate lightening in their houses were more likely (aOR 2.75; 95% CI (1.356-5.586)) to have communicable diseases. This study recommends understanding of the existing prevalence of communicable diseases and risk associated with it while designing health promotion activities and appropriate urban planning in Nepal.

• Land and Housing Review
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.21-38
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• 2022

In this study, the housing-related characteristics of the youth are reviewed using data from the 4^th - 14^th Youth Panel Survey(YP2007) of the Korea Employment Information Service in the period 2010 - 2020. The factors that affect the characteristics of their dwelling are analysed. As a result, males, highly educated, and employed people are more likely to live in their own homes and apartments, but many of them seem to be living with their parents. On the contrary, economically independent young people tend to occupy their dwellings in the form of jeonsei/monthly rent and live in multi-family units, villas, and officetel. To support the youth in overcoming their key issues such as housing affordability, jobs, and marriage, so that they can play their roles, the cost of homeownership and rent should be tailored to their economic situations.

• Proceedings of the KSCN Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.146-146
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• 2003

우리나라노인들의 수명은 식생활, 의료, 위생 및 주거환경의 향상으로 계속 증가되고 있다. 수명의 증가는 노인의 건강에는 오히려 위험요인으로 작용하여 현실적으로 60세 이상 노인들의 2명중 1명이 질병에 걸린 것으로 나타났으며 많은 수의 노인들이 고혈압, 고지혈증, 당뇨, 관절염에 시달리고 있다. 그 중에서도 고지혈증은 심혈관질환, 특히 관상동맥질환의 중요한 인자이며 동시에 뇌혈관질환의 중요한 인자이다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.23-32
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• 2015

The purpose of this research is to analyze characteristics and related factors of IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) in newly built wooden houses by measuring pre and post occupancy. The subjects were five wooden houses which were built with similar materials and completed from July to December 2013. Measuring factors were TVOC, HCHO, PM10, $CO_2$, CO, indoor temperature, and relative humidity. As the result of pre occupancy measuring, the houses that revealed the lowest TVOC concentration or HCHO concentration were satisfied with "the standard for newly built apartment houses". Therefore, IAQ by the wooden structures is considered to be in good condition. However, in cases of partial value exceeded the standard, the reason is analyzed to be the materials of molding, wrapping doors, built-in closet, or kitchen furniture, etc. rather than structure materials. Most PM10 concentration level showed slightly below "the standard for occupied multi-use facilities". Remaining of construction dust was considered to be the reason. As the result of post occupancy measuring, every value except of one subject's TVOC concentration was lower than pre occupancy, explaining the importance of natural ventilation.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.78-87
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• 1991

본 연구는 대도시의 인구이동률의 장기적 추세를 분석하기 위하여 시도되었다. 본 연구에서는 멕시코의 중소도시인 오하카(Oaxaca)에서 구역별로 추출된 633가구를 대상으로, 그들의 거주지 이동상황 및 이에 영향을 미치는 인구.사회학적 요인에 관한 설문을 실시하였다. 연구결과, 가족의 거주지 이동률은 결혼후 5년 이내가 년간 23.23 퍼센트로서 가장 높았는데, 이것은 결혼초기에 출산과 관련한 주거공간 요구의 급격한 증가가 주된 원인인 것으로 해석되었다. 또한 연대별로는 1960년대에 특히 많은 주거지 이동이 있었는데, 이는 이 시기의 범 세계적인 아기풍년(Baby Boom)에 따른 급격한 자녀수의 증가와 관련된 거주공간의 수요확대로 인한 현상으로 해석되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.741-753
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• 2003

This study begins with paying attention to the agglomeration of 'Residential-Commercial Mixed Use Buildings(hereafter, R-C MU Buildings)', which tend to be a high grade and large sized building cluster at various neighboring areas in Seoul. The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between emerging new housing type and residential area by analyzing the characteristics of residential neighborhood that is mainly created by R-C MU Buildings. For this purpose, the specialization and the regional characteristics(in connection with the hierarchy in urban spatial structure) of R-C MU Building's residential neighborhood were analyzed. In the end, the specific type of housing reveals the tendency to be differentiated in terms of income, education and occupation related with housing and residential area. And the residential characteristics also seem to be different according to the regions based on the central place hierarchical structure. It means that the social and class factors are important in choosing house, but the characteristics of the neighborhood area play an important role in the selection of resident area. Finally, the location of certain type of housing can influence the selecting process of residence and it can also determine the characteristics of the resident area in turn.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.243-256
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• 2013

Objectives: This study was to investigate fear of falling and related factors in elderly living alone based on fall experience. Methods: Participants were 404 elderly women(faller=148, non-faller=256) over 65 years who were homebound living alone in Jeollanam-do Province. Face-to-face interviews were conducted using questionnaires from April $23^{th}$ to June $9^{th}$ 2013. The questionnaires consisted of demographic variables, fall experience, Fear of falling questionnaire(FOFQ), Falls Efficacy Scale(FES) and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression(CES-D). The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS version 14.0. Results: The fear of falling and the influential factors were different according to fall experience. Regression model for fear of falling in fallers significantly accounted for 46.1%(F=6.71, p<0.001); difficulty of performing activity, depression, fall-efficacy, static balance and assistive devices. Regression model for fear of falling in non-fallers significantly accounted for 55.2%(F=15.16, p<0.001); fall-efficacy, environmental hazards, difficulty of performing activity, risk of nutrition, housing type, dizziness and assistive devices. Conclusion: Results demonstrate that fall is an important health problem for elderly women living alone, and show fall experience for factors influencing fear of falling. These results could be used in the developing fall prevention programs.

• Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.31-47
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to identify determinants of economic aid regarding housing and cost of living for the newly-married households. This study applied the binary logit model to figure out the determinants of economic aid from their parents for the households. With utilizing the Newly-Married Housing Survey data in 2015, this study found that housing characteristics and level of housing expenditure leads to the economic aid from their parents. In particular, the housing price and transportation condition increase probability the financial aid from parents when the newly-married household starts their housing career. In addition, this study found that the items of housing expenditure increase the probability of economic aid for their cost of living. To improve the independence of newly-married household, the government should adopt the housing policy for stable housing price and alleviate the burden of housing expenditure. The significance of this study is analyzing the economic aid from their parents on newly-married household regarding housing economic issues and suggest the policy for independence of living from their parents.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.29-37
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• 2020

This study analyzed the importance of factors according to the investor's perspective through a survey of residential real estate experts using AHP and fuzzy theory. Analysis results showed that rent, profitability, traffic accessibility, commercial and infrastructure, and financial regulation are important in common. By expert group, financial and credit groups cited profitability, rent, traffic accessibility, supply and tax benefits, construction and development groups cited traffic accessibility, rent, direct access, profitability, commercial area and infrastructure, and appraisal and evaluation groups cited rent, profitability, transportation accessibility, financial regulation and supply as the most important factors. This showed that it had a preference characteristic that was associated with work. In other words, it focuses most on the financial perspective in investment characteristics, and it values convenience such as accessibility to transportation and commercial districts and infrastructure as its location characteristics. In addition, it was found that easing financial regulations in the market is important to expand investment in real estate. This study aims to help the business feasibility analysis of residential property developers and rational decision-making of general investors who are consumers, taking into account the various perspectives of the expert group.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.133-139
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• 2016

Objectives : As the prevalence of elderly depression increases, it becomes urgent problem to provide preventive and management measures. But in practice, it is difficult to detect depression in early stage. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between sociodemographic factors and depression in elderly welfare facility users in a city. Methods : In this research, the severity of depression and sociodemographic factors(gender, age, education, co-morbid disease, housing type, number of children, number of family members living with the subjects) was evaluated through PHQ-9 and interview. Using the data, the associations of depression and sociodemographic factors were analyzed. Based on PHQ-9 depression cut-off value(10 points), the subjects were divided into two groups, and the difference of the variables between groups were analyzed statistically. Results : 'Own house'(YES/NO), education(less than elementary school graduation/more than elementary school graduation) were sociodemographic factors which showed significance difference in mean PHQ-9 scores. Group with Over PHQ-9 10 points showed less 'having their own house' and less education level than group with less PHQ-9 10 points. Conclusions : With this research, it is expected that the risk factors for the elderly depression can be understood and the measures for early detection and invention of elderly depression would be provided.