Moving House and Housing Preferences in Older Age in Slovenia

Figures & data

Table 2. Socio-demographic and living characteristics of cluster groups (%).

	Group 1: Traditionalists	Group 2: Independents	Group 3: Sceptics	Group 4: Open-minded	Total/Average
Have you considered moving in the future?**
Yes	9.3	18.9	6.5	18.5	15.4
No	90.7	81.1	93.5	81.5	84.6
Education***
Primary school	21.9	15.1	41.0	13.4	18.6
Vocational school	17.5	16.2	24.6	19.0	18.0
High school	41.9	37.0	27.9	41.9	38.6
College or university	18.8	31.7	6.6	25.7	24.9
Single household	37.3	24.3	30.6	16.9	26.0
Revenue***
With current income, one can easily cope	37.4	38.0	20.0	46.0	38.3
Current health status**
Very Bad	2.5	1.8		1.1	1.6
Bad	10.5	9.8	16.4	6.7	9.8
Satisfactory	43.8	43.2	62.3	36.0	43.1
Good	34.6	35.1	14.8	39.9	34.4
Very good	8.6	10.2	6.6	16.3	11.1
Where do you live?	/
Owner-occupied house	76.5	74.7	78.7	71.1	74.6
Owner-occupied apartment	21.6	23.2	16.4	27.2	23.3
Rented housing	1.9	1.4	4.9	1.1	1.7
Other		0.7		0.6	0.4
Average age (in years)***
	72.66	68.13	71.9	66.44	69.13
Average age in residence (in years)***
	40.03	35.39	40.75	33.33	36.43
Type of settlement	/
Dispersed rural settlement or solitary place	19.1	22.4	32.3	22.3	22.5
Continuous rural settlement or near a village	24.1	23.1	21.0	22.9	23.1
Small town	30.2	31.5	27.4	27.4	29.8
Major city	26.5	23.1	19.4	27.4	24.7

Note: ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1

Table 1. Cluster groups according to living preferences.

	Group 1: Traditionalists	Group 2: Independents	Group 3: Sceptics	Group 4: Open-minded	Total/Average
	n = 161	n = 286	n = 62	n = 179	n = 689	Total/% of acceptable
Old people’s home	4.58	3.81	1.27	4.24	3.87	71.7
Sheltered housing	2.62	3.76	1.32	4.22	3.39	55.6
Co-housing	1.42	2.27	1.37	3.95	2.42	25.8
Multigenerational residential building	1.35	2.85	1.24	4.04	2.66	32.0
Household groups	1.43	2.63	1.24	4.00	2.58	30.6
Living with family or individual	1.34	1.82	1.32	2.90	1.94	11.3
Caretaking family	1.35	1.70	1.20	2.71	1.84	7.5

Note: Bold – above average; italic – below average. The last column shows the proportion of respondents who found the option acceptable (answers 4 and 5)

Table 3. Attachment to and satisfaction with current dwelling based on cluster groups.

	Group 1: Traditionalists	Group 2: Independents	Group 3: Sceptics	Group 4: Open-minded	Total/Average
Attachment to dwelling**	4.60	4.42	4.43	4.22	4.41
Attachment to living environment***	4.45	4.15	4.44	4.04	4.22
Satisfaction with:
Arrangement in home	4.30	4.14	4.22	4.10	4.17
Size of dwelling	4.25	4.12	4.14	4.03	4.13
Construction quality*	4.13	3.87	3.98	3.96	3.96
General neatness of the environment***	4.46	4.09	4.11	4.08	4.17
Peace in the environment	4.40	4.24	4.29	4.30	4.30
Air quality	4.22	4.11	4.23	4.20	4.17
Safety	4.40	4.36	4.39	4.32	4.36
Access to dwelling	4.43	4.34	4.20	4.27	4.33
Attitudes towards the dwelling:
Dwelling as a bequest for my children^1	4.14	4.04	4.19	3.93	4.05
Dwelling represents what I achieved in life^1***	4.37	3.95	4.14	4.03	4.08
Dwelling is a memory of my life^1**	4.19	3.91	4.29	3.98	4.03

Note: 1 = very unsatisfied, 5 = very satisfied; ¹1 = disagree completely; 5 = agree completely

***p < 0.001; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1