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 |