Life events and the housing career - P. Feijten
a retrospective analysis of timed effects
KORTE INHOUD
This book describes the impact of life events on the development of housing careers in the second half of the twentieth century in the Netherlands. The theoretical framework is a life-course approach to residential mobility that defi nes the development of the housing career in terms of type, tenure and location. Using full retrospective life-history data, this research not only assesses the direct effects of such life events as marriage, childbearing and divorce on the housing career, but also the time ordering of events and the degree of permanency of the effects. The outcomes show that, nowadays, the purchase of a single- family dwelling occurs more in anticipation of childbearing than as a response to growing family size. The results also show that many (but not all) life events may have a lasting effect over the life course. Early childhood experience turns out to play a more dominant part in the choice of a residential environment later in life than does early adult experience. The book will be of in...
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2005Uitgever: Eburon Uitgeverij152 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9059720601ISBN-13: 9789059720602Koop dit boek tweedehands
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