본 연구는 노인 1인 가구의 주거문제에 주목하여 최저주거기준 미달가구의 특성을 파악하는데 목적을 두고 한국복지패널 11차 자료를 이용하여 노인 1인 가구 1,504명을 대 상으로 분석하였다. 최저주거기준 미달가구와 충족가구로 나누어 비교분석한 결과, 인구 사회학적 특성에 있어 두 집단은 연령, 학력, 공적연금보유 여부, 월소득, 주관적 건강상태, 우울증 여부, 가족관계만족도, 사회적 친분관계 만족도에서 유의미한 차이가 나타났다. 또한 주거 특성에 있어 주택유형, 주택소유 여부, 주거위치, 주택관련서비스 경험과 주거만족도에서 두 집단 간 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 노인 1인 가구 중에서도 최저주거기준을 미달하는 노인 1인 가구는 생활 전반에서 더욱 취약한 저소득⋅고위험가구이므로 경제적 지원 및 심리사회적 지원이 종합적으로 제공되어야 하고, 주거복지가 확대되어야 함을 제시하였다.

The federal government has been implemented several housing policies attempting to improve living quality at Eup-Myun area(rural area), but those were mostly fund supports to reconstruct or repair houses. Existing minimum housing standard is focused on urban apartments and indoor space, but the houses of Eup-Myun area are scattered and are different from urban's house space. Therefore, this study focused on these area, and intended to propose suitable minimum housing standard for Eup-Myun area. Based on literature reviews about housing standard of England, U.S., Japan and South Korea, questionnaire survey was given to 50 experts divided into 2 groups, professors of architecture and researchers on rural environment. This study proposed the direction of new minimum housing standard of Eup-Myun area, it could be added to 2 household composition, be divided into 2 groups, agricultural and non-agricultural residents into facility guideline, be added to outdoor facilities, for example warehouse and open yard, and finally be inserted water quality into environment standard. The results of this study provide insightful strategies for rural housing standard.

As people get aged, we need to pay more attention to the elderly living condition with respect to welfare policy. The present study focuses on housing condition of elderly people living in rural area, and analyzes its determinants, periodical difference, and regional disparities, incorporating an index of minimum housing standard. This study applies multi-level logit model that has a strong statistical advantage that can take random aspects of household and regional context into account. We found that married couple household, presence of economically-active family members, higher education, specialized profession, migration and higher level of land price tend to lower the probability of residing in substandard housings. We also found that housing conditions for elderly people prove to be different by regions and it is particularly noticeable in mountainous rural areas in Gyeongsangnam-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do with the poorest elderly housing conditions. Results also implies that housing welfare policies should be implemented differently considering the target groups based on regional differences. We conclude with some additional policy implications for the elderly living in rural areas.