경제적 요인이 생활만족도에 미치는 영향: 거주주택관련 경제적 요인을 중심으로

The purpose of this study was to find influencing economic factors, especially dwelling house related economic factors on life satisfaction. Data were drawn from 2016 Korea Welfare Panel Study, and 6,486 householders were selected. Subject households were composed of low-income household 41.7% and middlehigh-income households 58.3%, and age under 50 25.7% and age 50 or more 74.3%. Date were analyzed by multiple regression, and main results were as follows. First, living in their own home showed very strong positive impact on both general life satisfaction and sub-categorical life satisfaction. However, in households of age under 50, ‘living in their own home’ factor did not show significant impact on family relations, socially close relations, and leisure life satisfactions. The influencing power of two types of lease home, ‘key money deposit’ and ‘monthly rent’, were showed differently on both general life satisfaction, living environment, family relations, household income, and leisure life satisfactions. Second, the factor of market price(including key money deposit) of living home influenced on only living environment satisfaction, and the factor of debt related living home showed negative impact on only low-income households for both general life satisfaction and sub-categorical life satisfaction. Third, annual household income showed positive impact on both general life satisfaction and sub-categorical life satisfaction for every households, except low-income households. And for age under 50 households, annual household income showed positive impact on general life satisfaction, household income satisfaction, and job satisfaction. The factor of real estate except living home showed positive impact on general life satisfaction, household income satisfaction, and leisure satisfaction for only non-low income households and age 50 or more households.