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Changing Preferences with Ageing – Housing Choices and Housing Plans of Older People

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ID12633836
AuthorsMarianne Abramsson (0000-0002-9365-6951, Linköping University, corresponding author), Ewa Kazimiera Andersson (0000-0001-9620-1314, Stockholm University), Eva Andersson (0000-0002-2854-0354)
Year2015
Volume33
Issue2
Pages217-241
Publication date2015-11-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHousing Theory and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1403-6096 • E-ISSN: 1651-2278
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14036096.2015.1104385
OpenAlexW2254289104
LanguageEN
Citations received60
References cited28

Planning for the housing situation of an ageing population is one of the challenges of many countries. To increase our understanding of the needs of the ageing population, a nationwide survey stratified on age and municipality type was conducted. Research questions referred to the current housing situation and plans. The aim was to investigate how preferences, location, and/or the type of housing preferred changes with age and if they are housing market dependent. Results of 10-year cohorts show that the most marked change is between the cohort 75–84 years old and the oldest cohort 85+. There is a gradual change over time of moves from large to small housing, from owner-occupation to rented housing. Respondents in the major cities and in the rural or tourism-dependent municipalities are less inclined to move compared to those from other types of municipalities. The study predicts a shortage of rented apartments

Business · Cohort · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economic shortage · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Population · Population ageing · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Subdivision · Tourism · Demography · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

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