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Abstract
This paper investigates the opinions and perceptions of building by pre-planned increments as a means for attaining owned, single-family detached housing. Subjects chose among three alternatives: 1) buying or building a completely finished house, 2) building an “unfinished” unit designed for future expansion, and 3) buying a mobile home. Households categorized by choice are examined for socio-economic characteristics related to choice and for perceptions of advantages and disadvantages tending to discriminate among choices. The housing type of the respondents’ current residences are significantly associated with choice. Two advantages perceived in building by increments are significant discriminators among choice of alternatives: 1) anticipated savings in the cost of borrowing money to buy or build, and 2) possibilities for self-help labor in building.
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Betty M. Fulwood
Betty M. Fulwood is Associate Professsor, Department of Home Economics and Family Living, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky.