TY - GEN
T1 - Residential environments of urban low-income older renters in the United States
AU - Lee, Sung Jin
AU - Kim, Daejin
AU - Parrott, Kathleen
AU - Kim, Suk-Kyung
AU - Mo, Yunjeong
AU - Robinson, Shirley
AU - Giddings, Valerie
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In the United States, older renters tend to be more cost burdened and have a higher rate of physical disability than older homeowners (Spillman et al., 2012). Because aging renters, particularly those with low incomes, have few alternative options to move to new or institutional homes, they tend to age in place. Subsequently, their residential environment is important for successful aging (Dye et al., 2010; Lehning et al., 2015; Park et al., 2017). This phenomenological study was aimed at understanding U.S. low-income older renters’ residential environments. The sample was limited to those living in urban areas, and the term residential environments referred to home, neighborhood, and city environments. Twenty-five home visitations were conducted in a city, using a standardized checklist to assess home environmental barriers and a semi-structured interview questionnaire to explore neighborhood and city environmental factors. Home assessment data were calculated for overall home environmental barrier score (0=lowest and 11=highest), and interview responses were tape-recorded and transcribed for content analysis (Berelson, 1971). Results showed that on average, participants had 5.26 home environmental barriers. Bathrooms had more environmental barriers than other interior spaces. Regarding the neighborhood environment, the most favored features were convenient location, followed by quiet and peaceful environment, safety, and walkability; and the least favored features were insufficient safety control, followed by poor location, noise, and limited walkability. Regarding the city environment, the most favored features were convenience, followed by nice people, families in the city, and size of the city; and the least favored features were poor transportation, followed by limited senior services and lack of safety control. The findings are used by researchers, educators and practitioners who work for urban low-income older renters, and will contribute to future policies and/or programs for limited resourced aging renters.
AB - In the United States, older renters tend to be more cost burdened and have a higher rate of physical disability than older homeowners (Spillman et al., 2012). Because aging renters, particularly those with low incomes, have few alternative options to move to new or institutional homes, they tend to age in place. Subsequently, their residential environment is important for successful aging (Dye et al., 2010; Lehning et al., 2015; Park et al., 2017). This phenomenological study was aimed at understanding U.S. low-income older renters’ residential environments. The sample was limited to those living in urban areas, and the term residential environments referred to home, neighborhood, and city environments. Twenty-five home visitations were conducted in a city, using a standardized checklist to assess home environmental barriers and a semi-structured interview questionnaire to explore neighborhood and city environmental factors. Home assessment data were calculated for overall home environmental barrier score (0=lowest and 11=highest), and interview responses were tape-recorded and transcribed for content analysis (Berelson, 1971). Results showed that on average, participants had 5.26 home environmental barriers. Bathrooms had more environmental barriers than other interior spaces. Regarding the neighborhood environment, the most favored features were convenient location, followed by quiet and peaceful environment, safety, and walkability; and the least favored features were insufficient safety control, followed by poor location, noise, and limited walkability. Regarding the city environment, the most favored features were convenience, followed by nice people, families in the city, and size of the city; and the least favored features were poor transportation, followed by limited senior services and lack of safety control. The findings are used by researchers, educators and practitioners who work for urban low-income older renters, and will contribute to future policies and/or programs for limited resourced aging renters.
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