What's Your Independence Serving Size?
The 1.5-Household Test - from fully self-reliant to all-in-together ยท 12 questions ยท Free
"Neither fully alone, nor fully living together" โ 1.5-household is one of the consumer trend keywords in Trend Korea 2026, the closely watched annual trend report from Seoul National University professor Kim Nan-do. The idea is full independence (1) plus a small dose of connection (0.5) โ and it hasn't stayed a report term. It's already spread into an actual content format on Instagram Reels: friends film their separate daily routines in the same style and splice the clips together as a split-screen video, tagged #trio-log #friendship-vlog #split-screen.
So what exactly is a "1.5-household"?
More people are living alone, and loneliness has grown right along with it โ but nobody particularly wants to go back to everyone living under one roof either. The 1.5-household is what showed up in between: physically apart, loosely connected on the emotional side. How people actually build that "loose connection," though, varies enormously. Some flip a switch on only when they need it. Some stay connected through a screen more or less constantly. And some still believe that being truly together means actually being in the same room.
The five independence types
The Castaway Crusoe, who'd have a functioning household on a desert island within a day; the Roommate Realist, who keeps a separate life under a shared roof; the Friendship Vlogger, always connected through a screen; the On-Demand Switch, off by default and on exactly when it counts; and the Classic Companion, for whom being together only counts in person. Which of the five are you?
Twelve everyday moments
The questions are ordinary situations everyone runs into eventually: waking up on a weekend morning, being sick in bed, glancing at your bank balance, picturing the home you actually want to live in. What matters isn't how often you see people, it's who you reach for, and when. Your result covers what your type is like, its strengths and rough edges, who you pair well with and who wears you out fastest, plus one thing worth trying today.
This isn't a psychological diagnosis โ it's a lighthearted way of mapping where you personally land between independence and connection. There's no right answer here: being completely alone and being constantly surrounded are both just different comfortable settings. If distance in relationships is something you find genuinely difficult to manage, the Attachment Style Test is worth taking too.
Who it's for
- Anyone who's most comfortable completely alone in their own place
- Anyone who wants to keep just the right distance from a roommate
- Anyone who loves staying connected to friends through a screen
- Anyone curious where they actually land on the 1.5-household scale
Curious what results are in play? Have a look at The 5 independence types of the 1.5-household trend - from the Castaway Crusoe to the Classic Companion before you start.