This study was performed to check the influence that the degree of providing for old age, family relation and social relation have on the preference of residence and welfare facilities for the aged with respect to those who are likely to use residence and welfare facilities for the aged or who can use it at present in order to contribute to the formation of residence and welfare facilities for the aged so that the aged can support themselves. The result is as follows.
First, as urban-oriented factor(45.47) and rural-oriented factor(44.69) appeared with high reliability in the analysis of main ingredient that subdivides the preferred types of developing silver town, the factor of preference type was extracted and divided into urban style and rural style
Second, the types of silver town house(p〈0.01), scale of complex(p〈0.05), form of moving in the house(p〈0.05), scale of house(p〈0.01), form of life (p〈0.05), monthly living expense(p〈0.05) were drawn as statistically significant result in the analysis of property of preferred house for each type of developed silver town.
Third, medical service(p〈0.01), induced facilities(p〈0.01) and manager qualification(p〈0.05) were drawn as statistically significant result in the analysis of service preference.
Fourth, analyzing t-test to grasp the motive of moving in for each type of developed silver town, significant result was drawn in the nature-friendly aging life(p〈.05), independence from family(p〈.05), using convenience facilities (p〈.05), etc.
Fifth, the method to activate for each type of developed silver town showed significant difference in the prerequisite(p〈0.05) and entity of ownership and operation(p〈0.05).
Sixth, those who prefer urban type showed higher intention to move in silver town (urban type 5.59, rural type 5.26) and those responding in urban type also showed high recognition in the necessity to develop silver town (urban type 5.74, rural type 5.65).
Finally, considering that building life design for abundant and agreeable life in the old age attracts interest, the method for the aged to participate in the society must be prepared so that their empirical recognition ability and coping method for things and events by self-experience before old age of each person for the property of class can be acknowledged as effective dynamic force in each sector of overall society, although residence and welfare facilities for the aged is constructed to meet the preference of development of its demander and the demander move in and live in residence and welfare facilities for the aged. Thus, the countermeasure should be considered from the development stage of residence and welfare facilities for the aged.