Table 12.
Psychological issues arising from the hobbies and interests of different categories of older adults individuals and their implications for residential design.
| Types | Housing conditions among older adults with different psychological types | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | Types of clustering | Total | X 2 | P -value | |||
| PTA | PTB | PTC | |||||
| < 10 m2 | Not selected | 135 (52.9) | 60 (56.1) | 120 (81.7) | 315 (61.9) | 6.55 | 0.057 |
| Selected | 35 (47.1) | 47 (43.9) | 27 (18.4) | 194 (38.1) | |||
| ≥25 m2 | Not selected | 170 (66.7) | 74 (69.2) | 112 (76.2) | 356 (69.9) | 7.022 | 0.091 |
| Selected | 85 (33.3) | 33 (30.8) | 35 (23.8) | 153 (30.1) | |||
| Total | 255 (100.0) | 107 (100.0) | 147 (100.0) | 509 (100.0) | |||
| The activity space is extremely limited | Not selected | 193 (75.7) | 45 (42.1) | 118 (80.3) | 356 (69.9) | 1.421 | 0.892 |
| Selected | 62 (24.3) | 62 (57.9) | 29 (19.7) | 153 (30.1) | |||
| The activity space is highly spacious | Not selected | 201 (78.8) | 76 (71.0) | 94 (63.9) | 321 (63.1) | 1.584 | 0.101 |
| Selected | 54 (21.2) | 31 (29.0) | 53 (36.1) | 188 (36.9) | |||
| Total | 255 (100.0) | 107 (100.0) | 147 (100.0) | 509 (100.0) | |||
| The bedroom area is less than 8 m2 | Not selected | 140 (54.9) | 31 (28.0) | 120 (81.6) | 221 (43.4) | 7.962 | 0.038 |
| Selected | 30 (45.1) | 76 (72.0) | 27 (18.4) | 288 (56.6) | |||
| The bedroom area exceeds 20 m2 | Not selected | 170 (66.7) | 97 (90.7) | 95 (64.6) | 362 (71.1) | 10.019 | 0.052 |
| Selected | 85 (33.3) | 10 (9.3) | 52 (35.4) | 147 (28.9) | |||
| Total | 255 (100.0) | 107 (100.0) | 147 (100.0) | 509 (100.0) | |||
| Comparative analysis of psychological status among older adults with PTB under different residential conditions | |||||||
| Cluster categories (mean ±standard deviation) | |||||||
| Excessively large residential floor area | Moderate residential floor area | Constrained residential floor area | Mean | ||||
| Survey a | 3.65 ± 0.96 | 3.04 ± 0.87 | 2.97 ± 0.94 | 3.13 ± 0.77 | |||
| Survey c | 3.62 ± 0.91 | 3.53 ± 0.93 | 3.83 ± 0.97 | 3.55 ± 0.84 | |||
| Survey c | 3.51 ± 1.01 | 3.43 ± 0.83 | 3.36 ± 0.80 | 3.40 ± 0.83 | |||
Bold values indicate statistically significant between-group test statistics and their corresponding P-values (P < 0.05).