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Abstract
This study surveyed the opinions and characteristics of 552 residents of eight rural counties in Virginia regarding acceptance of either single- or double-section manufactured homes. A theoretical model was adapted from M. J. Dear and S. M. Taylor’s (1982) model for community attitudes toward mental-health-care facilities. Using multiple regression techniques, this study tested the hypothesis that there is a significant relationship between acceptance of manufactured homes and 13 variables representing respondents’ perceptions of manufactured housing, respondents’ characteristics, county characteristics, and type of manufactured home. Only six variables (perceived manufactured-home occupant behavior, proportion of manufactured homes in the county, perceived manufactured-home condition, manufactured home type, respondents’ gender, and manufactured-home knowledge) emerged as significant predictors of manufactured home acceptance (R2 = .3541). Results suggested respondents’ socioeconomic and demographic characteristics were not important in predicting manufactured-home acceptance. Instead, acceptance mostly resulted from perceptions about occupants’ behavior. In general, double-section models were more accepted than single-section models.
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Jorge H. Atiles
Jorge H. Atiles is Assistant Professor and Extension Housing Specialist, Department of Housing and Consumer Economics, The University of Georgia;
Rosemary Carucci Goss
Rosemary Carucci Goss is Professor and Julia O. Beamish is Associate Professor, Department of Near Environments, Virginia Tech.
Julia O. Beamish
Rosemary Carucci Goss is Professor and Julia O. Beamish is Associate Professor, Department of Near Environments, Virginia Tech.