2008 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 15-26
The purposes of present study were to check cross validity of the scale of orientation toward homes for the elderly and explain the orientation of the baby-boomer generation living in the local city. The questionnaire was mailed to the 2716 baby - boom generation residents and 797 were completed. From the results of multi-group analysis with the data used for developing the scale, the measurement invariance model was adopted and the cross validity was verified, Cronbach’s coefficient alpha was 0.603 ～ 0.818. Cluster analysis with scale-scores was used to classify the orientation type. We defined 5 orientation types, which were “independent and amenity oriented type”, “interaction-priority type”, “modest type”, “independent-priority type”, “interaction and amenity oriented type”. The group whose prospects for their living expenses in old age was under 100 thousand yen showed lowest scale-scores in all fields of measurement. On the whole, the subject group possessing social dominance tended to reveal high demand level for homes for the elderly.
