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. 2026 Jul 13;14:1808521. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1808521

Table 6.

Survey on living conditions in older adults residences.

Types Items Number %
Willingness of family members to live together Other conditions 115 22.6
Living in an adult child's household 158 31.0
Adult children living in your household 236 46.4
Son 241 47.3
Daughter 153 30.1
Daughter-in-law/son-in-law 123 24.2
Grandchildren (including maternal grandchildren) 110 21.6
Father/mother 106 20.8
Presence of caregiving responsibilities for grandchildren Children under 1 year of age require full-time care. 10 9.17
Children aged 1–3 years require continuous care. 19 17.43
Children aged 3–6 years require ongoing care. 23 21.10
Children aged 6 years and above require appropriate supervision. 32 29.36
No additional care is required. 25 22.94
Occurrence of the death of a co-residing relative within the past 3 years Yes 141 27.7
No 368 72.3
Monthly average income level over the past year among adult children with close ties to the respondent < 1,000 ¥ 52 10.2
1,000 ≤ ¥ < 3,500 212 41.7
3,500 ≤ ¥ < 7,000 155 30.5
7,000 ≤ ¥ < 15,000 60 11.8
>15,000 26 5.1
Unknown 4 0.8
Per capita residential floor area (m2) <10 m2 28 5.5
10–15 m2 77 15.1
15–20 m2 96 18.9
20–25 m2 75 14.7
>25 m2 233 45.8
Availability of activity space Very spacious 87 17.1
Spacious 168 33.0
Moderate 215 42.2
Relatively narrow 36 7.1
Extremely narrow 3 0.6
Basic bedroom conditions of older adults Spouses sharing one independent bedroom 277 54.4
One independent single bedroom 178 35.0
No independent bedroom 54 10.6
One independent single bedroom with an area exceeding 20 m2 25 4.9
Spouses sharing one independent bedroom with an area smaller than 8 m2 46 9.0
No independent bedroom 54 10.6
Older adults sleeping in separate beds 258 50.7
Per capita living area below 10 m2, with narrow or extremely narrow activity space 28 5.5
Per capita living area above 25 m2, with very spacious activity space 189 37.1
Availability of a private toilet or bathroom No 268 52.7
Yes 241 47.3
Presence of difficulties in using sanitary facilities Yes, inconvenience exists due to shared bathroom facilities 87 32.5
Yes, inconvenience exists due to time conflicts 64 23.9
No, no inconvenience is reported 117 43.6
Daylighting conditions of the bedroom Predominantly natural lighting with abundant daylight exposure 313 61.5
Natural lighting is available with occasional daylight exposure 141 27.7
Predominantly artificial lighting with limited daylight exposure 25 4.9
Adequate artificial lighting without daylight exposure 9 1.8
Poor lighting conditions 21 4.1
Quality of external views from the bedroom Open and unobstructed external view 128 25.1
Good external view 194 38.1
Average view quality 159 31.2
Poor external view 23 4.5
No external view available 5 1.0