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The Life Course and Residential Mobility in British Housing Markets

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ID4139675
AuthorsW A V Clark (0000-0003-4944-1926, Department of Geography, University of California, Box 951524, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524, USA, corresponding author), Youqin Huang (0000-0003-2980-1883, State University of New York, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume35
Issue2
Pages323-339
Publication date2003-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a3542
OpenAlexW2011535188
LanguageEN
Citations received184
References cited24

There is a substantial research literature on residential mobility in general, and the role of housing space in triggering moves in particular. The authors extend that research to mobility in British housing markets, using data from the British Household Panel Survey. They confirm the applicability of the general residential mobility model and also confirm the value both of pooled cross-sectional and of true longitudinal models of residential change. Age, tenure, and room stress (housing-space requirements) are found to be significant predictors of moving. In addition, the life course 'triggers' of marital-status change and, in some situations, birth of a child play important roles in moving within housing markets in the United Kingdom. The same model, with somewhat lower levels of fit, is also significant for the London region. Variables that measure the desire to move and neighborhood satisfaction also play a role in predicting local moves: those who like their neighborhood are generally less likely to move. The results offer support for the view that residential mobility is a demographically driven process which also reflects the connection with neighborhood contexts

British Household Panel Survey · Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Life course approach · Longitudinal data · Marital status · Sociology · Statistics · Computer Science · Demography · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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