Assessing the Pride of Housing Ownership options among Older Adults in Georgia

Abstract

This experimental study involved the use of photographs of both single-family site-built and manufactured houses to determine if the knowledge that a certain house is manufactured would make older individuals feel less proud of living in such a house, compared to a single-family site-built house. Based on a total of 82 study participants, the findings of this pilot study suggested that when told the structure type of each house, participants were slightly less likely to choose a manufactured home as the house in which they would be the most proud to live. The researchers’ difficulty in communicating the concept of “pride” to the study participants was discussed as well.

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Notes on contributors

Anne L. Sweaney

Anne L. Sweaney is Professor and Head and Yoko Mimura is Research Professional, Department of Housing and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA;

Yoko Mimura

Anne L. Sweaney is Professor and Head and Yoko Mimura is Research Professional, Department of Housing and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA;

Stephanie E. Vanderford

Stephanie E. Vanderford is Math Teacher, Providence Day School, Charlotte, NC;

Jaxk Reeves

Jaxk Reeves is Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. This project was hnded by the University of Georgia’s Institute of Gerontology and the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station. We thank Yimei Cai for statistical consulting, and Mandi Colson, Carrie P. Eaves, Tommy Edwards, Deanne Smith, and Leigh Ann Wedekind for research assistance.