Housing decisions in later life

Roger Clough ... [et al.]

This book examines the processes by which older people make housing decisions and the impact such decisions have on the construction of their lives. Evidence is included from a major three-year research study, where older people told stories of their lives. The authors argue that housing decisions are not necessarily the result of rational, analytical and objective thinking. The contribution of other ways of decision-making is often hidden, as when people think intuitively, act impulsively, or for essentially emotional reasons.

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Year of publication:	2004
Other Persons:	Clough, Roger (contributor)
Publisher:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
Subject:	Entscheidung \| Decision \| Ältere Menschen \| Elderly people \| Lebensverlauf \| Life course \| Wohnungsmarkt \| Housing market
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xi, 255 p) 23 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-247) and indexes Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Houses and People: The Construction of Living Arrangements; 2 Telling Older People's Housing Stories; 3 Housing Decisions in Later Life; 4 Understanding Housing Decisions; 5 Attachments to Home; 6 Worried Lives; 7 The 'looking glass self'; 8 Preferences in Living Arrangements; 9 Theory, Policy and Practice; Appendix 1: Interview Schedule; Appendix 2: Questionnaire; Appendix 3: Suggested 'Letter to the Editor' to Ask for Written Housing Stories; Appendix 4: Written Housing Stories Press Release; Notes; References; Author Index Subject Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	1-4039-1287-4 ; 978-1-4039-1287-9
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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