Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
To explore type of houses occupied by elderly with their families
Author(s): Preeti Singh and PR Sumangala
Abstract: Maximum number of male (86.00%) and female (84.00%) owned their houses while 10.00 per cent of male and 12.00 per cent of female were living in rented houses and 4.00 per cent of male and female respondents each reported that they lived in leased houses. Most of the male (36%) and female (32%) were located away from the park, temple, and school, while good percent i.e., 36.00 were living near the temple. The length of occupancy of the present house was categorized into three groups & in which maximum number of male (42.00%) and female (46.00%) respondent’s belonged o the category of less than 10 and more 20 years respectively. A sample of fifty male and female elderly population each aged 60 years and above residing in Dharwad city were selected. Thus, 100 households were visited to select the total sample of 100 respondents, to observe and to collect the data on type of housing, location of house, housing tenure,types of room and facilities, flooring used, storage details in the living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. Self structured questionnaire was administered for the collection of data. Although many elderly population both male and female have expressed many problems related to the house and to their bedrooms their comfortable living. However these are solved by providing additional facilities which are suitable for old age for comfortable living.
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Preeti Singh, PR Sumangala. To explore type of houses occupied by elderly with their families. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):1104-1108.
