Residential Satisfaction of Elderly Tenants in Apartment Housing

Previous research has demonstrated the persistently lower residential satisfaction of tenants as compared to homeowners. However, analysis of data from 41,198 US households indicates that this gap is heavily age dependent. After middle age, the residential satisfaction of apartment housing tenants i...

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Published in:Social indicators research 2008-12, Vol.89 (3), p.421-437
Main Author: James, Russell N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Age Differences
Age groups
Aging (Individuals)
Aging problems. Death
Apartment buildings
Attitude surveys
Attitudes
Community Services
Comparative analysis
Consumer Economics
Elderly
Environmental impact
Family Needs
Habitat
Home ownership
Homeowners
Households
Housing
Human ecology and demography
Human Geography
Individual Characteristics
Job Satisfaction
Literature Reviews
Living arrangements
Locus of Control
Maintenance
Microeconomics
Mobility
Neighborhoods
Older Adults
Older people
Physical Environment
Place of Residence
Public Health
Quality of Life Research
Rents
Satisfaction
Single status
Social Indicators
Social Networks
Social research
Social Sciences
Sociocultural Patterns
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Studies
Telephone Surveys
Tenants
Trends
Urbanization
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Summary:Previous research has demonstrated the persistently lower residential satisfaction of tenants as compared to homeowners. However, analysis of data from 41,198 US households indicates that this gap is heavily age dependent. After middle age, the residential satisfaction of apartment housing tenants increases dramatically—eventually exceeding that of both single-family housing tenants and homeowners. Although elderly tenants are less likely to indicate dissatisfaction with building maintenance or the neighborhood, these factors are particularly important to elderly tenant satisfaction. These age differences in housing satisfaction may relate to the increasing difficulty of managing residential maintenance and the growing importance of nearby services.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1007/s11205-008-9241-8