" Wife,s awareness of the functional and aesthetic integration of storage areas in the internal space of the economic housing and its relationship with residential satisfaction"

 
           
This research aims at identifying the wives' awareness of the functional and aesthetic integration of the storage spaces in the internal space of the economic housing and its relationship with  residential satisfaction. The research utilized the analytical descriptive methodology. The sample of the research consisted of 210 housewives who were intentionally selected from residents at the economic housing. They are married and have children. They are 25-45 years old, and they have children .They belong to different economic and social levels. The tools of the research  included the following: first: the form (general data, housing characteristics); second: the scale of the functional and aesthetic integration of the storage areas in the internal space of the economic housing divided into two axes ( the functional aspect, the  aesthetic aspect) to study the interior design of housing ;third: the questionnaire of the residential satisfaction.The research concluded the following results: There are statistically significant differences between the wives' awareness of utilizing the storage areas in the internal space of housing in economic, aesthetic and functional ways, according to some social and economic variables (wife's work, wife’s educational level, wife's age, number of family members, family’s monthly income).- There are statistically significant differences between wives' awareness of housing satisfaction in its four dimensions (satisfaction with health conditions, satisfaction with housing location, satisfaction with the interior design of housing and lighting, satisfaction with furniture, colors and furnishings) and some social and economic variables (wife's work, wife’s educational level, wife's age, number of family members, family’s monthly income). There is a significant statistical relationship between utilizing the storage areas and residential satisfaction and its four dimensions. The researchers recommend the necessity of activating the role of the mass media by presenting models to modify and change the internal spaces of housing with limited spaces using multi-purpose furniture as well as the construction methods allowed in housing and relevant to all economic levels of the families.