Housing transitions through the life courseAspirations, needs and policy

Beer, Andrew; Faulkner, Debbie; Paris, Chris; Clower, Terry L.

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“…Other than those two changes, the rest of sampling criteria followed those of the previous study by Lee (2012c): households headed by college graduates (householder with Bachelor's degree or higher educational attainment), and have moved within the last three years (in or after 2008) for job-related reasons 4) . In addition, households who had zero or negative incomes were excluded from the data analyses because it was very complicated to interpret their housing cost burden which was one of the major components of this study.…”

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confidence: 99%

Housing Characteristics and Determinants of Housing Cost Burden of Young Single- or Two-person Households in the U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Choi¹,

Lee²

2014

Journal of the Korean housing association

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The purpose of this study was to explore housing characteristics of young single-or two-person households in the U.S. metropolitan urban areas and determinants of their housing cost burden. Total 764 single-person households, 744 two-person households and 424 households with three or more persons were selected from the 2011 American Housing Survey public-use microdata for the study based on specific sampling criteria. The major findings are as follows: (1) In comparisons with larger households, single-or two-person households were characterized to be headed by younger householders, to have less income, and to have a greater proportion of households living in central cities of metropolitan areas, renting housing units, living in smaller size units or multifamily structures; (3) housing cost of single-or twoperson households were significantly less than a larger households while housing costs per unit square footage (SQFT) of single-or two-person households was significantly greater; (4) regardless of the household size, there are many household headed by young college graduates paying too much of their income for housing, and single-person households were found to have the greatest housing cost burden; and (5) a linear combination of low-income status, monthly housing costs per unit SQFT, annual household income, and unit SQFT per person was found to be most efficient to predict single-or two-person households with housing cost burden.

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Section: Data and Target Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Housing Characteristics and Determinants of Housing Cost Burden of Young Single- or Two-person Households in the U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Choi¹,

Lee²

2014

Journal of the Korean housing association

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“…The balance between the private market activities of households, government and landlords has changed over time (Beer, 1999;Beer & Faulkner, 2011;Burke, 2014). The strong preference for home ownership as the most secure form of tenure, however, has persisted (Table 1.1), becoming culturally entwined in the psyche of the nation (Bourassa, Grieg & Troy, 1995).…”

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“…A number of housing researchers have operationalised aspects of the life course with concepts such as a "housing career" or "ladder', "housing pathways" or "housing transitions" (Beer & Faulkner, 2011;Clapham, 2005;Kendig, 1984).…”

Section: Justification For the Use Of Life Course Theoretical Approachmentioning

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“…In the housing field, the timing of entry into the housing market, household experiences of that market and which regional market the household is located within, plays an important role in influencing continuity or discontinuity of advantage (Beer & Faulkner, 2011;Burke et al, 2007;Kendig, 1984). For example, Beer and Faulkner (2009) identified that Australians who had not entered the homeownership market before 45 years of age were most likely to remain renters.…”

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“…Housing in early life is generally associated with the parental home. Leaving home to establish a new household is considered the first step in housing consumption (Beer & Faulkner, 2011;Kendig, 1981) with age being a significant factor. This pattern of leaving home reflects the societal norms of that period and is structured by institutional forces within the family, education and employment sectors (Beer & Faulkner, 2009).…”

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The housing security afforded by later life housing circumstances of ex-service households of Queensland: a life course perspective

Oxlade¹

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This thesis investigates the relationship between service in the Defence Forces, outcomes of that service and later life housing outcomes of ex-service households. In particular, the research focuses on households eligible for Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) benefits and support because of the past service of a household member. The outcome of key interest is housing security, defined in this study as the independence, security and control afforded beneficiaries by their household and housing circumstances.The attainment of housing security in later life is of major importance in an ageing Australia as it supports ageing in place, or the desire to remain at home or in a familiar place, and provides a sense of wellbeing and belonging necessary for successful ageing (Australian Institute Health & Welfare, 2013; Boldy et al., 2013;. Without housing security households are at risk of more frequent residential relocation Parkinson, 2010), housing affordability problems and housing stress associated with the escalating costs of maintaining adequate housing as they age (Yates & Bradbury, 2009), and potentially, premature admission to expensive residential aged care settings (Faulkner & Bennett, 2002). Housing security is broader than tenure outcomes alone A cross sectional design with a postal survey method was employed to capture recent and past events and outcomes that influenced current household and housing circumstances, and the housing security afforded the household. The self-administered questionnaire was piloted with a convenience sample of beneficiaries. The research site was Queensland, as it was the iii state with the most ex-service households residing in rental housing (Department of Veteran's Affairs, 2010).In the main study, a systematic random sample of DVA Total Beneficiaries data base of Queensland identified 3000 households for inclusion. One beneficiary from each household was invited to participate with a response rate of 25 per cent. A representative sample of 729 Queensland beneficiary households were analysed.Comparative analysis of the WWII and post WWII households reveals differences within the life domains of health, employment, income and relationships. These four life domains are heavily implicated in the attainment and maintenance of housing security Parkinson, 2010). The use of a purposively designed housing security scale to estimate the level of housing security afforded by housing circumstances provides the means of comparing between and within groups, service effects and other life domains.The majority of ex-service households are securely housed. This is demonstrated by their level of equity in their dwelling and land, and broader housing circumstances. Beneficiaries rate their circumstances as providing moderate to high housing security. While ranking of housing security is closely associated with the level of household equity in their housing, other factors intervene. A series of multiple regression analyses reveal which life course factors are significa...

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