• 지역연구
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2020

우리나라는 1960년대 이후 국가 경제성장에 힘입어 사회적·경제적으로 주민 생활에 큰 변화가 있었으며 특히 미혼 여성의 경제적 자립, 청년층의 만혼(晩婚), 중년층의 이혼, 고령층의 사별 증가 등으로 전체 가구의 29%가 1인 가구인 시대로 되었다. 하지만 급격히 증가하고 있는 1인 가구에 대한 연구가 인구가 밀집된 대도시에 거주하는 1인 가구에 치중되어 본 연구는 지방 중소도시에 거주하는 1인 가구의 특성을 분석하였다. 연구결과 지방 중소도시는 도시특성에 따라 성장 정체도시, 산업 선도도시, 지역 거점도시, 인구 유출도시 등으로 구분되며 도시유형에 따라 1인 가구특성도 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 성장 정체도시에서의 1인 가구는 산업활동의 근간이 되는 30-40대 연령대가 적으며 자가인 단독주택에서 방 3개 이상에 거주하는 장년층 비중이 높은 것으로 나타나 장년층 위주의 장기임대주택 및 쉐어하우스 등의 주택공급과 함께 사회적 교류를 위한 단지형 연립주택과 다세대 주택공급정책이 필요하다. 산업 선도도시에서의 1인 가구는 모든 연령대에 고루 분포되어 있으며 아파트 거주비율이 타 유형에 비해 가장 높은 것으로 나타나 행복주택 등 청년층 주택공급과 함께 기존주택에 대한 재건축 및 리모델링을 통하여 청·장년층 1인 가구의 주택수요에 대처하여야겠다. 지역 거점도시의 1인 가구는 대졸 학력에 20대 이하의 미혼 가구가 많고 월세주택에서 방 1개에 거주하는 비중이 높은 것으로 나타나 청년층을 위한 소형 주택공급을 확대하는 한편 아파트, 오피스텔 등의 분양주택과 전월세 주택공급을 통해 청년층 주거안정에 초점을 맞추어야 겠다. 인구 유출도시에서의 1인 가구는 초졸 학력에 사별한 가구가 많고 자가인 단독주택에서 방 4개 이상에 거주하는 노령층 비중이 높은 것으로 나타나 고령자 복지주택 등 노령층 위주의 단지형 주택공급을 통해 사회적, 문화적 교류가 가능한 주거환경을 만들고 분산된 주택거주 형태를 집단적 거주형태로 주거공간을 개선할 필요가 있다.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.109-124
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the happiness level of one-person households according to gender in Korea and identify factors influencing householders' happiness. Methods: This was a descriptive correlational study design using the 2017 Community Health Survey data. The participants were 8,724 male and 16,810 female individuals in one-person households. Complex samples descriptive statistics, cross analysis, general linear model, and multi-order regression were conducted to identify the health status, health behavior, and factors influencing happiness. Results: The mean score of happiness was higher in female than male individuals. The main factors of happiness of male householders were suicide thought experience, subjective health level, and experience of having necessary medical services. The main factors of happiness of female householders were suicide thought experience, household income, depression experience. Conclusion: It is necessary to develop and implement nursing interventions and policies according to priorities for the happiness of one-person householders.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.15-31
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• 2020

Background and objectives: One-person households are the fastest growing family type in Korea. They bring social concerns such as weakened social integration, increasing poverty and social isolation. They are not homogeneous but heterogeneous groups depending on their socio-demographic characteristics including generation. This study compared the life satisfaction level as well as factors affecting it among the three one-person household generations Methods: The 13th wave of the Korea Welfare Panel dataset with 1,187 respondents was utilized. For data analysis Chi-square test, analysis of variance and hierarchical regression analysis were employed. Generations are divided into three, namely young adult (20-39), the middle-aged (40-64) and the elderly (65 and over). Result: The life satisfaction level was highest among the young adult one-person household generation, followed by the middle-aged and the elderly generation. The common factors affecting life satisfaction of the three generations were physical as well as mental health, including self-esteem and depression. However, there were more factors different from generation to generation. As for the young adult, age, religion, and smoking were significant. As for the middle aged and the elderly, gender (male) and income were significant. Additionally, age, home-ownership and drinking were significant to the elderly generation. Conclusions: As there are differences as well as similarities among the three generations, policies for one-person households need to be devised considering these findings. For all generations, both physical and mental health policies are needed. For young adult strengthening social relations, providing decent jobs, and promoting anti-smoking policy are major agenda, and for the middle-aged and the elderly, assisting in social capital accumulation (for male), providing stable jobs and diverse leisure activities, and securing income. Additionally, for the elderly, expanding the social security system and housing support are needed.

• 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2022

Sharehouse has been supplied as an alternative to solving the steadily increasing one-room housing problem of single-person households every year, and it is necessary to investigate the satisfaction of residents who actually live in sharehouse through P.O.E. Therefore, this study analyzed priror researches related to the existing one-person households, sharehouses, and satisfaction surveys, and summarized indicators with high relevance and frequency to derive satisfaction survey factors that can clearly evaluate the improvement architectural plan of sharehouses. As a result, it was classified into 4 items in the 'general information' category to investigate the status, housing rental type, and housing cost of the sharehouse, 15 factors in the 'peripheral environment' category to evaluate the safety, 3 factors in the 'community' category, and 17 factors in the space (facility) and service category. In the "General Information" section, the overall one-person housing satisfaction, desired sharehouse type, housing rental type, housing cost, and living expenses were reduced. In the "Surrounding Environment", accessibility to public office, accessibility to cultural facilities, accessibility to medical facilities, accessibility to work and school, convenience stores, noise pollution and safety. In addition, in the "community" section, it consists of interactions with various people, relationships with housemates and in the "space (facilities) and service" section, heating, waterproof, soundproof, ventilation, moisture and condensation blocking, facility management, interior, room size, built-in furniture, storage space, laundry, parking. Most of the scales for each factor were 5-point Likert scales, allowing evaluation of the degree of satisfaction, and some factors presented criteria to induce structured answers. Therfore, it is expected that the survey will be conducted on residents who actually live by deriving factors for the satisfaction survey of one-person households living in the sharehouse, and the current status of the sharehouse will be identified, and the degree of satisfaction will be analyzed to be used for research.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2013

Various DSM (Demand Side Management) programs have been developed and carried out to use the limited energy resources of human-beings reasonably. LED lighting is one of essential DSM programs and the development of technologies is ongoing vigorously. Recently, one-person households have been increased and the electricity consumption pattern is different with conventional households because residents live as a single. On the other hand, owners of the one-person households tend to not prefer to install high efficient appliances due to the cost increasement. Therefore, the existing DSM subsidy programs should be revaluated so that the owners decide to install high efficient appliances.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.355-363
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• 2021

Background: Self-rated health of women according to marital status and household type has rarely been considered. This study determined the differences in the self-rated health of women according to marital status and household type. Methods: Using cross-sectional data from the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we included 9,990 women aged above 19 years. Multiple logistic regression was used to examine the relationships between self-rated health, marital status, and household type. Results: Overall, 74.5% of the women reported poor self-rated health. Regarding marital status and household type, one-person households and unmarried women had a higher risk of poor self-rated health (odds ratio [OR], 1.45; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03-2.05), while multi-person households and no-spouse women had a lower risk of poor self-rated health (OR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.58-0.83). Furthermore, women who are one-person households and unmarried had a higher risk of poor self-rated health in those who had college or higher educational level (OR, 1.98; 95% CI, 1.25-3.13). Conclusion: Self-rated health among women was associated with marital status and household type. Future studies are required to generalize these findings by considering various household compositions to improve women's self-rated health status.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.288-302
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• 2019

Background: The one-person households (OPH) are rapidly increasing and vulnerable to socioeconomic and health problems. Because it is predicted to be inequitable to health care utilization, we would like to find out about the equity of health care utilization of the OPH by comparison with the multi-person households (MPH). Methods: This study followed the theoretical framework of Wagstaff and van Doorslaer (2000), O'Donnell and his colleagues (2008), where the horizontal inequity index is the difference between the concentration indices of actual health care utilization and health care needs. This study employed the 9th Korea Health Panel survey, and a total of 10,807 cases were analyzed. Health care needs were measured by age, sex, subjective health status, chronic disease count, Charlson's Comorbidity Index, limitation of activities, and disability. Results: Compared with the MPH, there were pro-poor inequities in hospitalization, emergency utilization, hospitalization out-of-pocket payments, and pro-rich inequities in outpatient out-of-pocket payments for the OPH. The decomposition of the concentration index revealed that chronic disease count made the largest contribution to socioeconomic inequality in outpatient utilization. Age, health insurance, economic activities, and subjective health status also proved more important contributors to inequality. The variables contributing to the hospitalization and emergency utilization inequity were age, education, Charlson's Comorbidity Index, marital status, and income. Conclusion: Because the OPH was more vulnerable to health problems than the MPH and there were pro-poor inequities in medical utilization, hospitalization, and emergency costs, it is necessary to develop a policy that can correct and improve the portion of high contribution to medical utilization of the OPH.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2023

This study examined changes in dietary life and dietary life satisfaction in one-person households during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a sample of 916 one-person households from the Food Consumption Behavior Survey, we applied ANOVA and a system of equations model for our analysis which produced four main results. Firstly, during the COVID-19 pandemic, eating homemade and delivered meals increased, whereas eating restaurant, group, and HMR meals decreased. Eating breakfast and regular eating habits also increased during the pandemic. Secondly, approximately 30% of the sample reported increased expenditure on fresh food and HMR meals. The proportion of positive changes in dietary life was also greater than negative changes, and dietary life satisfaction was about three times higher than it had been before the pandemic. Thirdly, having breakfast and regular eating fully mediated the relationship between spending on fresh food and dietary life satisfaction, as well as the relationship between HMR purchases and dietary life satisfaction. Changes in expenditure on fresh food and HMR meals positively affected dietary life satisfaction through eating breakfast and regular eating. Fourthly, increased consumption of delivered food had a positive direct effect on dietary life satisfaction. Among sociodemographic variables, gender, education, occupation, and age were also significantly related to changes in dietary life satisfaction.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.295-304
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• 2019

본 논문은 1인 가구를 위한 맞춤형 스마트 화재 및 방범 시스템을 소개한다. 최근 독신 인구의 증가 및 고령화로 인한 1인 가구가 급증하고 있다. 이에 따라 1인 가구를 위한 사설 보안 업체에 대한 수요가 증가하고 있으며 최근 급속하게 발전하고 있는 사물인터넷(IoT) 및 센서 기술을 적용한 스마트 보안 시스템 또한 중요한 이슈가 되고 있다. 그러나 점차 1인 가구가 증가하는 인구 구조의 추세에도 불구하고 기존 시스템은 다인가구에 초점이 맞춰져 있어 1인 가구에서 활용하기에 규모가 너무 크고 화재 감시, 방범 시스템이 별개의 구조로 작동하는 단점이 존재한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 방범 시스템과 화재 감시 시스템이 통합된 1인 가구를 위한 맞춤형 안전대비 서비스를 제공하는 시스템을 설계하고 구현한다. 이를 통해 기존 사설 업체이용보다 적은 비용으로 경찰의 치안이 닿지 못하는 곳의 범죄 활동을 예방하고 실시간으로 주택의 상황을 모니터링 할 수 있도록 한다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.123-136
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• 2020

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the factors influencing the life satisfaction of retirees(n=1,919) in one-person and multi-person households using the 2015 wave of the Korean Retirement and Income Study, collected by the National Pension Service. Methods: Frequency analysis and χ2-test were performed to examine the general characteristics and relation between one-person and multi-person household retirees. Logistic analysis was conducted to examine the factors affecting life satisfaction. Results: Public pension income was a statistically significant factor affecting life satisfaction, economic, health, and life in multi-person households. Conclusions: To improve life satisfaction after retirement, selective insurance benefits are needed depending on the type of household. Moreover a policy for expanding labor market participation is needed.