Abstract
The purpose of this report is to clarify the residential life and the housing needs of one-person households. For this purpose, the survey was carried out to the residents of apartments at the 5 areas of Tokyo in 1990.
The findings are as follows;
(1) The young age group of one-person households are about 50% of the one-person households and the middle and upper age groups are about 50%. Most of them are low income, and live in the rented apartments.
(2) The main occasions to live alone are different among the age groups. The nearly 30% of the young age group prefer to live alone in future.
(3) The one-person households are lately to go to a bed and lately to get up, and lately comming home. The upper age group go to bed more earlier, but do not always get up more earlier. The frequency of house keeping works is fewer for male, but it is more for the upper age group.
(4) The intention of live to be worth investing are varied by the sex and the age groups. The male show the intention that the association with others is important.
(5) The one-person households show the tendency of negative attitude to associate with neighbors. The female are concerned with living securely, and intend to live in the midtown area.
