A Study of the Relationship of Elder Quality of Life and Satisfaction at Residential Environment - A Case Study of Linyuan District in Kaohsiung City

• Main Authors: Hsiao, Chun Lung, 蕭俊龍
• Other Authors: Wu, Gen-Ming
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56adhy

碩士 === 國立屏東大學 === 社會發展學系碩士班 === 104 === The purpose of this study aims to understand elder quality of life and satisfaction at residential environment under different background variables. This study used questionnaire method. The studied objects were the elder of Linyuan District in Kaohsiung City. Stratified judgmental sampling was adopted. The effective samples are 338 in total. According to the results of the questionnaire, the following conclusions are gained by handling data and analyzing method of descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way variance of analysis, Pearson’s product moment correlation, and regression. Conclusions and drawn as follows 1.Quality of Life of the elders is above average. Among the social participation, Psychological Status is the highest. 2.The satisfaction at residential environment of the elders is above average. Among the life satisfaction, Health is the highest. 3.There are significant differences among elders’ quality of life depending on the independent income source and self-perceived health. 4.There are significant differences among elders’ satisfaction at residential environment depending on the independent income source and self-perceived health. 5.There is a positive correlation between quality of life and satisfaction at residential environment. 6.Quality of life could explain effectively about satisfaction at residential environment, especially in Psychological Status which display the greatest prediction influence. In the end, the author provided relevant suggestions based on the conclusions for elders, governmental agency, and future researchers to make a reference.