| Keywords |
Sleeping environment ; Sleeping habits ; Urban area ; Rural area |
| Abstract |
Comfort sleep is essential for a happy life. The purpose of this study is to investigate Korean sleeping environment these days, especially for sleeping habits. The results of this investigating are as follows; Most houses were heated by Ondol. There were marked differences in between urban and rural areas. The majority of urban dwellers slept in beds, while the most rural dwellers slept on the Ondol floor. And most urban houses were heated by gasfired boilers, while rural ones were heated by oil-fired boilers. And the urban dwellers had a tendency to heat their houses more frequently and for a longer time than rural dwellers did. The dwelling area was turned out the most influential factor that affected Korean sleeping habits than age and housing type. |