The Timing of Household Events and Housing Events in the Netherlands: A Longitudinal Perspective

The Housing Consequences of Living Arrangement Choices in Young Adulthood

“…This finding once again illustrates that a prolonged child-free period after partnership formation facilitates home ownership (compare Feijten & Mulder, 2002). The absence of children in the household not only facilitates full-time dual-earnership, but the cost of living is also lower than when children are present.…”

Home ownership under changing labour and housing market conditions: tenure preferences and outcomes among freelancers and flex workers

“…This literature shows that the transition into home ownership is connected to having a stable relationship (marriage) and raising a family with children (see inter alia, Beer & Faulkner, 2011;Feijten & Mulder, 2002). Being single is often negatively related to home ownership.…”

Duration, timing and order: How housing histories relate to later life wellbeing

“…The housing career, or the succession of dwellings occupied by individuals over their lives (Kendig, 1990), has been examined in the context of life course studies in two main ways: either by examining the link between housing careers and other life domains (Clark, Deurloo, & Dieleman, 1994, 2003aFeijten & Mulder, 2002) or the influence of societal context on housing trajectories (Clark et al, 1994;Kendig, 1990). Rather than deepening existing knowledge of housing careers themselves, this paper proposes a wider view of the long term associations of housing by addressing two issues: the implicit assumption of eventual homeownership, and the restriction on housing careers in private dwellings in one country.…”

“…Where and how people live reflects their current social position (Savage et al, 2013), as well as social origins and life trajectories (Feijten & Mulder, 2002). Furthermore, studying housing has some additional benefits, over other indicators of socioeconomic position such as occupation or education.…”