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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Housing satisfaction with apartments in Henan

Table 1. Factors and items for evaluating housing satisfaction extracted from previous studies
Factors of housing Items Measurement of content items Item reference sources*
satisfaction
Interior facilities (S1) S1_1 Kitchen facilities 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16
S1_2 Bathroom and bathroom facilities 3, 4, 5, 14, 16
S1_3 Interior condition status 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17
S1_4 Lighting facilities 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17
S1_5 Electrical switch, outlet facilities 3, 4, 5, 18
Interior structure (S2) S2_1 House size 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14
S2_2 Number of bedrooms 4, 5, 8, 13, 14, 15, 17
S2_3 Number of toilets 17, 18
S2_4 Space arrangement of floor plan 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17
S2_5 Storage space 3, 4, 14, 15, 17, 18
S2_6 Number of living floors 1, 3, 4, 9
Indoor environment S3_1 Natural lighting 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17
(S3) S3_2 Air quality (ventilation) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14
S3_3 Indoor-floor noise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 17
S3_4 External noise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17
S3_5 View 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 17
S3_6 Thermal environment 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 17
(insulation, temperature, and humidity cooling)
Complex S4_1 Exterior design 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 15, 17
characteristics (S4) S4_2 Green space 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
S4_3 Community facilities 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17
S4_4 Parking lot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
S4_5 Apartment building density 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 11
S4_6 Securing neighborhood privacy 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17
S4_7 Neighbor relationship 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16
Location S5_1 Accessibility to public transportation 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17
characteristics (S5) S5_2 Accessibility to medical facilities 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 15, 16
S5_3 Accessibility to educational facilities 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17
S5_4 Accessibility to public facilities 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16
S5_5 Accessibility to amenities 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17
S5_6 Work and school accessibility 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17
S5_7 Entertainment and cultural facilities 2, 5, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17
Management S6_1 Sanitary management (cleaning income garbage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 8 11 13 15
characteristics (S6) disposal)
S6_2 Security of crime prevention 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
S6_3 Maintenance (defect repair facility maintenance) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15
S6_4 Fire and fire safety management 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11
S6_5 Operation management (management staff attitude 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15
and information provision)
S6_6 Elevator management (operational and safe 3, 8, 10, 15, 18
condition)
Economic S7_1 Administration cost 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14
characteristics (S7) S7_2 Management level compared to management cost 18
S7_3 Current apartment price 2, 5, 6, 9, 15
S7_4 Future investment value 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16
*Reference sources: 1. Ko (1997), 2. Kim (2002), 3. Choo & Yang (2004), 4. Kang & Lee (2004), 5. Choi (2005), 6. Lee (2004), 7. Nam & Choi (2007),
8. Lee & Jung (2008), 9. Son (2009), 10. Soh (2012), 11. Lee & Koh (2012), 12. Shim et al. (2014), 13. Bae & Jeon (2014), 14. Ahn (2014), 15. Roh et al.
(2017), 16. Oh & Lee (2018), 17. Byun (2020), 18. Authors’ opinion

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