Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clarify the real state of living and the problem of dwelling environment of high-rise apartment. For this purpose, we conducted a survey among residents in November 1990, and compared the high-rise dwelling (36 stories) with the high-rise dwelling (15 stories) and the walk-ups (5 stories) at the central city of Osaka. In this report, we analyzed the characteristics of residents. The results are as follows.
(1) The characteristics of residents of high-rise apartment (36 stories) are (1) more small families, (2) less families with children, (3) older the age of household head, (4) higher incomes, (5) more self-employed and liberal profession, (6) less double-income families than the others.
(2) The residents of high-rise apartment have positive valuation on living in high-rise apartment. And to live in a high-rise apartment is one of their important reasons of choice of their present dwelling.
(3) The residents of the upper stories (16-36 stories) have more remarkable characteristics as above mentions.
(4) Almost of them will not live as long as possible, and want to move to detached houses in future.
