본 연구는 지체장애성인, 뇌병변장애성인의 장애수용도와 주거환경 만족도의 각 수준과 주거환경 만족도가 장애 수용도에 미치는 영향을 탐색하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 한국장애인개발원에서 조사한 제4차 장애인삶 패널조사의 데이터에서 연구 목적에 부합하는 20대 이상의 지체장애성인과 뇌병변장애성인(N=1,411)패널의 데이터를 추출하여 통계적으로 분석하고 추론하였다. 주거환경 만족도와 장애 수용도에 영향을 미칠 수 있을 것으로 가정되는 인구·사회학적 변인을 중심으로 통계적 유의차를 분석한 결과 다음과 같은 주된 결론을 제시할 수 있었다. 첫째 지체장애성인, 뇌병변장애성인의 주거환경 만족도와 장애 수용도 모두 장애 종류, 장애정도, 거주지역권역, 월평균 가구소득에 따라 집단 간 유의차가 확인되었다. 둘째 장애 정도가 경증일수록 주거환경 만족도, 월평균 가구소득이 높으면 높을수록, 장애수용도에 정적인 영향을 미치며, 장애 유형과 지역권역별 또한 장애 수용도에 유의미한 영향을 미침이 확인되었다. 셋째 수리(개조 등)가 필요한 주거 공간으로 ‘없음’ 답변을 제외하였을 때, ‘화장실 및 욕실’, ‘문턱’, ‘계단’이 가장 많았으며, 주거 안정을 위한 정책적 지원으로는 ‘임대주택 건설과 같은 주택제공’, ‘주택자금 제공’, ‘집주변 편의시설 확대’, ‘주택개조사업 확대’ 순으로 나타났다. 도출된 결과를 토대로 주거환경 만족도를 향상함으로써 장애 수용도를 높일 수 있는 실천적 방안 등에 대한 시사점을 제시하였다.

This study sought to explore each level of disability acceptance and residential environment satisfaction in adults with physical disabilities and brain lesions, as well as the impact of residential environment satisfaction on disability acceptance. For this purpose, data from a panel of adults in their 20s or older with physical disabilities and adults with brain lesions (N=1,411) that fit the purpose of the study were extracted from the data of the fourth Panel Survey on Life with Disabilities surveyed by the Korea Institute for the Disabled, statistically analyzed, and inferred.. As a result of analyzing statistical significant differences focusing on socio-demographic variables that are assumed to have an effect on satisfaction with living environment and acceptance of disability, the following main conclusions were presented. First, significant differences between groups were confirmed in both the residential environment satisfaction and disability acceptance of adults with physical disabilities and brain lesions depending on the type of disability, degree of disability, residential area (region), and average monthly household income. Second, it was confirmed that the milder the disability, the higher the satisfaction with the living environment, and the higher the average monthly household income, the more it has a positive effect on the acceptance of disability; futhuremore, the type of disability and region (by region) also has a significant impact on the acceptance of disability. Third, when the ‘none’ answers were excluded as residential spaces in need of repair (‘remodeling’, etc.), ‘toilet and bathroom’, ‘threshold’, and ‘stairs’ were the most common, and policy support for housing stability was ‘rental housing.’ The order was 'provision of housing such as construction', 'provision of housing funds', 'expansion of convenience facilities around the house', and 'expansion of housing renovation projects'. Based on the results, implications were presented for practical measures to increase acceptance of disabilities by improving satisfaction with the residential environment.