Citation
Deane, Glenn D. (1990). Mobility and Adjustments: Paths to the Resolution of Residential Stress.
Demography, 27(1), 65-79.
Abstract
In theory, residential mobility is a response to environmental stress only if households do not reduce dissatisfaction through other alternatives, such as housing improvements or repairs. Despite the attention given to stress-reducing alternatives, however, no attempt has been made to test empirically the residential satisfaction model with adjustments. Using data from the Annual Housing Survey: 1978-1981, I model three stages in the mobility process and investigate potential sources of specification error in previous tests. Blocks of family cycle, background/action state, and location/housing variables are shown to affect adjusting significantly. Residential satisfaction strongly affects mobility preferences; and all theoretically relevant blocks of explanatory variables predict mobility. Alternatives to mobility should be included in the residential satisfaction model.
URL
https://doi.org/10.2307/2061553Reference Type
Journal Article
Year Published
1990
Journal Title
Demography
Author(s)
Deane, Glenn D.
