Tenure-Structure Deficit, Housing Satisfaction And The Propensity To Move: A Replication Of The Hous!Ng-Adjustment Model

Abstract

This paper is an analysis of normative deficits in home ownership and type of structure. Deficits based on family norms and perceived cultural norms are analyzed. The data were collected by researchers at the University of Nebraska and Iowa State University in 1977 as part of the regional research project, NC-128, “The Influence of Area of Residence on the Quality of Life”. The sample for this study includes 485 cases. The analyses include correlations and a three-level multi pie-regression procedure. The deficits are added, to explore their combined effects on housing satisfaction and the propensity to move. The results show that the effects of tenure-structure are indirect through housing satisfaction as well as direct to the propensity to move variable. The results of this study show that the constraint variables (household characteristics) are more than just determinants of tenure-structure deficits. They also constrain other points in the adjustment process.

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Earl W. Morris

Earl W. Morris is Professor and Marianna Jakubczak is Research Assistant in the Department of Family Environment, College of Family and Consumer Sciences at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. This is Journal Paper No. J-12087 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa. This study is part of Project 2706, a contributing project of the North Central Regional Research Project NC-128, “Quality of Life as Influenced by Area of Residence”, sponsored by the experiment stations of Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, and Texas cooperating with the Cooperative State Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. This specific project is a result of close cooperation between Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska. Additional funding for this project was provided by a University Research Grant from the Graduate College, Iowa State University. The assistance of Marilyn Eichner in the development of the literature review is gratefully acknowledged.

Marianna Jakubczak

Earl W. Morris is Professor and Marianna Jakubczak is Research Assistant in the Department of Family Environment, College of Family and Consumer Sciences at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. This is Journal Paper No. J-12087 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa. This study is part of Project 2706, a contributing project of the North Central Regional Research Project NC-128, “Quality of Life as Influenced by Area of Residence”, sponsored by the experiment stations of Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, and Texas cooperating with the Cooperative State Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. This specific project is a result of close cooperation between Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska. Additional funding for this project was provided by a University Research Grant from the Graduate College, Iowa State University. The assistance of Marilyn Eichner in the development of the literature review is gratefully acknowledged.