Community Attitudes Toward Manufactured Housing in Virgina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13101303 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jorge H Atiles (0000-0001-8712-7116, corresponding author), Rosemary Carucci Goss, Julia O Beamish |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Housing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-0923 • E-ISSN: 0888-2746 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08882746.1998.11430293 |
| OpenAlex | W2572849252 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This study surveyed the opinions and characteristics of 552 residents of eight rural counties in Virginia regarding acceptance of either single- or double-section manufactured homes. A theoretical model was adapted from M. J. Dear and S. M. Taylor’s (1982) model for community attitudes toward mental-health-care facilities. Using multiple regression techniques, this study tested the hypothesis that there is a significant relationship between acceptance of manufactured homes and 13 variables representing respondents’ perceptions of manufactured housing, respondents’ characteristics, county characteristics, and type of manufactured home. Only six variables (perceived manufactured-home occupant behavior, proportion of manufactured homes in the county, perceived manufactured-home condition, manufactured home type, respondents’ gender, and manufactured-home knowledge) emerged as significant predictors of manufactured home acceptance (R2 = .3541). Results suggested respondents’ socioeconomic and demographic characteristics were not important in predicting manufactured-home acceptance. Instead, acceptance mostly resulted from perceptions about occupants’ behavior. In general, double-section models were more accepted than single-section models
Environmental health · Perception · Population · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Facilities and Workplace Management · Medicine · Psychology · Quality Function Deployment in Product Design · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment · Gerontology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |