Abstract
This paper studies a preference and latent demand for a final residence taking into consideration the necessity of nursing-care. Our data are based on questionnaire survey conducted among inhabitants in detached house. The result of analysis from a case study of Hitachi city in Ibaraki prefecture revealed that most of the inhabitants preferred staying in their current house despite fact that the convenience of life in Hitachi city was lower than the neighboring municipalities. However, they had a few opportunities to consider changing their place of residence, and only less than 24.9% of inhabitants were almost certain to continue living in their current house when they considered the concrete circumstances that they need to receive a nursing-care in the future. Many of them are likely to change their residence on the ground of anxieties about continuance residency, a difficulty in raising money, and a consideration for their son/daughter whether they want to do or not.
