The aging phenomenon is not limited to demographic fluctuations, but it leads to changes in the social structure and the living world, and changes in the consciousness and social structure of the elderly who have been traditionally maintained. As soci...
The aging phenomenon is not limited to demographic fluctuations, but it leads to changes in the social structure and the living world, and changes in the consciousness and social structure of the elderly who have been traditionally maintained. As social and economic conditions of the elderly change, recently a new approach to the elderly is spreading due to the increase of young elderly people. However, there is increasing concern that characteristics of population distribution and the factors affecting the elderly population by dividing the aged population over 65 years by age group are different. In the megacities such as Seoul with good public transportation access, mobility restrictions for the elderly are eased, the activity radius is widened, and spatial restrictions on the mobility of the elderly are reduced, increasing the participation rate of economic activities in the elderly and the proportion of leisure activities in the city.
In the meantime, distribution of the residence registration population was taken into account, in this study the spatial distribution of the elderly during the daytime, when leisure and social activities were mainly conducted, was identified. The elderly were analyzed by the Young-old (less than 75 years of age over 65) and the Old-old (75 years of age). The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors affecting the physical environment of the city that affect the mobility of the elderly during the daytime by subdividing into the above.
The study hypothesized that factors affecting the mobility of the elderly during the daytime hours will be different depending on the age group, and more active leisure services affect the Young-old.
Spatial regression model analysis was used based on the data of the Seoul de facto population. In 2018 The general regression model was set as the baseline model for analysis, and the spatial lag model (Spatial Lag Model) and spatial error model (global error model) were set as alternative models. As a result of the model analysis, the factors that increase the mobility of daytime Young-old are general social welfare facilities, general hospitals, traditional markets, public sports facilities, road ratio, commercial area ratio, and the number of elderly people at nighttime. Elderly welfare facilities, traditional markets, commercial areas, and the number of elderly at nighttime were found to increase Old-old. These results can be seen as reflecting the preference of age-integrated facilities for the Young-old and the Old-old who prefer elderly-centered welfare facilities. In addition, the travel radius of the elderly is wider in the case of Young-old, and the study suggested a specialized leisure activity program to activate their new leisure culture.
This study identified the research hypothesis by confirming that there were differences in urban environmental factors affecting the mobility of the elderly. New attempt to find ways to improve activity data of the elderly population by utilizing the de facto population that reflects the flow of the real-time population. It should be considered to prepare policy implications for the subdivided elderly in an aging-friendly society.