As one-person households become the major type of households, the current housing policies try to introduce appropriate measures incorporating such changes in the demographic structure. One-person households can be characterized as having different motivations for migration and their migration characteristics vary by age group. Against this backdrop, this study aims to identify the spatial distribution characteristics of one-person households by age group, analyze migration patterns by two major migration motivations, jobs or housing, and identify influential factors for residential mobility at the Eup · Myeon · Dong level in the Seoul metropolitan area. Using 2018 migration data from the MicroData Integrated Service (MDIS), we conducted multiple regressions to identify major determinants of migration with the inflow of one-person households as a dependent variable and variables related to population, housing, employment, and infra accessibility as independent variables. The results confirm that a much higher share of one-person households migrate for jobs compared to multi-member households, many of which migrate for housing. Better economic environments with more job opportunities attract one-person households, especially young adults. Meanwhile, the current housing policy targeting one-person households appears to be effective, attracting those who migrate for housing.
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