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A J La Greca

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PubMed1995

The relative deprivation of U.S. elderly households as judged by their housing problems.

A substantial number of U.S. elderly households have excessive housing costs or live in physically deficient dwellings. It is unclear, however, whether they are more likely than nonelderly households to experience these housing problems. Using American Housing Survey data, this study investigates whether elderly households are more likely than nonelderly households to have these problems after controlling for their owner-renter status, race, and income. The findings do not support the more deprived housing status of elderly households.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

Retirement communities and their life stages.

A developmental theoretical orientation is used to study age-dense environments for mature adults--retirement communities. By focusing on the community itself, we discovered two basic patterns of life-stage models that describe and explain the formation, development, and maturity stages of communities. Thirty-six communities in four states were visited by the researchers, who interviewed a variety of key insider and outsider informants. Retirement communities are both social and economic units. The development and viability of the community are related to two models based on residential ownership (Type I) versus rental (Type II) of land upon which their dwellings are located. Residents in both types of communities express satisfaction. In Type I, some communities may experience problems in self-government and community formation. In Type II communities, there is sometimes a threat of sale of the community by the owner--an event that is unanticipated by the residents and has profound repercussions.

City Planning↗