A Study on the Satisfaction of the Elderly People in Apartment Culture
Keywords:
Residential satisfactionAbstract
Residential satisfaction has become one of the key problems for companies in their profile to improve value in the aggressive market. the author has done this research among te elder persons who reside in apartments regarding their residential satisfaction. the main aim of this paper is to examine the residential satisfaction of elderly people, to identify the relationship between family income as well as overall satisfaction. There were 150 usable questionnaires issued to people who were living in Chennai. Respondents stated their satisfaction rate for family income and age. Demographics measured in this study included age and family income. Analysis was performed using the chi-square and one way ANOVA analysis to compare the mean responses for the customer groups. The research hypothesis framed and concluded depicts the optimistic relation among housing satisfaction and age. this optimistic relation was also seen among overall satisfaction and family’s income. The findings of this study indicate that independent variables such as age and family income is seen to show a noteworthy relation of satisfaction level with the service offered by the real estate promoters. The elderly respondents are highly satisfied in the apartment dwelling compared to younger respondents.
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