Housing Adjustment Behaviors of Korean Elderly Immigrants Living in Affordable Housing

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ㆍ발행기관 : 한국주거학회 ㆍ수록지정보 : 한국주거학회논문집 / 25권 / 3호
ㆍ저자명 : 전명희

목차

I. Introduction
II. Research Framework
III. Research Methods
IV. Research Findings
V. Conclusion
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한국어 초록

This study explores the daily life patterns and housing adjustment behaviors of low-income Korean elderly immigrantsresiding in affordable housing in the Chicago metropolitan area. Utilizing an intercultural perspective, the study focuseson identifying the immigrants’ their cultural attributes of daily living and coping responses to residential misfits. Thesehousing adjustment behaviors are classified into five modes consisting of residential mobility, structural adaptation,residential alteration, normative adaptation, and behavioral adaptation. Two-hour in-depth interviews with open-endedquestions were conducted with 138 participants from 15 affordable housing complexes. Collected information includesdemographic data, immigration experiences and cultural identity, daily life patterns, as well as housing evaluation andhousing adjustment behaviors. The study results indicate that many research participants maintained their culturalattributes of daily living accumulated from past experiences (i.e. mostly based upon Korean cultural contexts), but alsomade adjustments as they complied with their aging body and new living conditions. This also reflects that immigrants’cultural needs are not limited to the use of language and ethnic goods, but are also embedded deeply in their daily lifepatterns to influence one’s uses of the dwellings in a broader sense. All five modes of housing adjustment behaviorswere observed with research participants within their residential settings. More importantly, normative and behavioraladaptations along with residential alterations occurred more simultaneously rather than sequentially when the respondentsperceived discrepancy between oneself (i.e. including one’s attributes, needs, and preferences) and his/her dwelling.

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