Factors Influencing Senior Housing Selection of the Future Elderly Group in Bangkok
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The purpose of this research aims to study the factors influencing senior housing selection of the future elderly group in Bangkok, Thailand. It is to serve as a guideline for the development and improvement of housing for the future elderly, in order to meet the needs and to be responsive to the large population that will enter the aging society in the future which will affect future real estate projects. The sample group used in this research is 400 people aged between 50 - 59 years old and living in Bangkok by using inferential statistics analysis to explain the results of the study to find out the relationship between factors influencing senior housing selection of the future elderly group by testing at the confidence level of 95% or p < 0.05. According to the results of analysis, 7 factors directly influencing the senior housing selection of the future elderly are; designing and installing the equipment or facilities for elderly, having small medical clinic and staffs with knowledge and expertise to assist the elderly in the project, locating the project near the mass transit service and market or shopping center, and designing no-step floor in senior house.
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