著者

高阪 謙次

出版者

社団法人日本家政学会

雑誌

日本家政学会誌 (ISSN:09135227)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.41, no.4, pp.333-340, 1990-04-05

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This study, based on questionnaire method, discusses the headlined theme. For this study, mail survey were carried out in 6 regions. The answers were elderly people(65 years old or over) living alone. The main findings are summarized a follows: (1)The principle of "separating dining room from sleeping room" is also important for the elderly living alone. More than two rooms in number and 10.5Jo(approx. 17.5m^2) are required in living space to realize this principle. (2)More than 10.5Jo of living space are required to furnish room for the daily life of them. (3)The living space of 10.5-18Jo is recognized to be adequate by many answerers of urban area for one elderly person living alone. (4)Accordingly, the need of minimum living space by the elderly in urban area is 10.5Jo at present in Japan. This space is calculated at approximately 30m^2 of overall dwelling unit.