Double indemnity or double delight? The health consequences of shared housing and "Doubling Up"

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 547-568

  Ahrentzen, Sherry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141648325     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-4560.00077     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Ahrentzen, S. (1996). Housing alternatives for new forms of households. In G. C. Hemmens, C. J. Hoch, & J. Carp (Eds.), Under one roof: Issues and innovations in shared housing (pp. 42-62). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
2. Ahrentzen, S. (1999, Summer). Choice in housing. Harvard Design Magazine, 62-67.
3. Altus, D. E., & Mathews, R. M. (2000). Examining satisfaction of older home owners with intergenerational homesharing. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 6(2), 139-147.
4. Angel, R., & Tienda, M. (1982). Determinants of extended household structure: Cultural pattern or economic need? American Journal of Sociology, 87(6), 1360-1383.
5. Baer, W. C. (1976). The evolution of housing indicators and housing standards: Some lessons for the future. Public Policy, 24(3), 361-393.
6. Baldassare, M. (1981). The effects of household density on subgroups. American Sociological Review, 46, 110-118.
7. Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Milwaukee (1999). Raising children in a world of work not welfare. Milwaukee, WI: Author.
8. Conquergood, D. (1992). Life in Big Red: Struggles and accommodations in a Chicago polyethnic tenement. In L. Lamphere (Ed.), Structuring diversity: Ethnographic perspectives on the New Immigration (pp. 95-144). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
9. Cooper, J. (1993, August 14). Older people prefer "aging in place": Survey finds seniors staying in own homes as long as possible. The Washington Post, p. E11.
10. Daniel, J. (1998, September 30). Feeling at home. Chicago Tribune, pp. C1, C13.
11. Dehavenon, A. L. (1996). Doubling-up and New York City's policies for sheltering homeless families. In A. L. Dehavenon (Ed.). There's no place like home: Anthropological perspectives on housing and homelessness in the United States (pp. 51-66). Westport, CT: Bergen & Garvey.
12. Després, C. (1991). The form, experience and meaning of home in shared housing. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
13. Després, C. (1994). The meaning and experience of shared housing: Companionship, security and a home. Power by design: Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Conference of the Environmental
14. Després, C. (1997). Homesharing in U.S. pre- and post-war housing: A comparative floor plan analysis. In C. Després & D. Piché (Eds.), Housing surveys: Advances in theory and Methods (pp. 143-155). Quebec, Quebec, Canada: CRAD, Université Laval.
15. Edin, K., & Lein, L. (1997). Making ends meet: How single mothers survive welfare and low-wage work. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
16. Evans, G. W. (in press). Environmental stress and health. In A. Baum, T. Revenson, & J. E. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of health psychology. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
17. Evans, G. W., Lepore, S. J., & Schroeder, A. (1996). The role of interior design elements in human responses to crowding. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 41-46.
18. Fioravante, J. (1993, December 12). Shared housing for the elderly is making gains. The New York Times, p. 5, sec. 10.
19. Grimes, A. (1999, December 31). More elders find having roommates improves their lives. The Wall Street Journal, p. B1.
20. Gruel, N. L. (1993). Effects of open-plan housing on perceived household crowding among families with children. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Department of Housing, Interior Design and Resource Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
21. Halpern, D. (1995). More than bricks and mortar? Mental health and the built environment. London: Taylor & Francis.
22. The Healthcare Forum. (1994). What creates health? Individuals and communities respond. San Francisco: Author.
23. Hemmens, G. C., & Hoch, C. J. (1996). Shared housing in low income households. In G. C. Hemmens, C. J. Hoch, & J. Carp (Eds.), Under one roof: Issues and innovations in shared housing (pp. 17-32). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
24. Hemmens, G. C., Hoch, C. J., & Carp, J. (Eds.), (1996). Under one roof: Issues and innovations in shared housing. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
25. Herman, L. (1995, October 4). Shared housing for single parents. San Francisco Chronicle, p. 1Z.
26. Jaffe, D. (1989). Caring strangers: The sociology of intergenerational homesharing. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
27. Koebel, C. T., & Murray, M. S. (1999). Extended families and their housing in the U.S. Housing Studies, 14, 124-143.
28. Koebel, C. T., & Rives, M. E. (1993). Poor families and poor housing: The search for decent housing in Virginia's private, unassisted market. Blacksburg, VA: Center for Housing Research, Virginia Tech.
29. Lee, B. A. (1998). Doubling up. In W. van Vliet (Ed.), The encyclopedia of housing (pp. 124-125). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
30. Letiecq, B. L., Anderson, E. A., & Koblinsky, S. A. (1998). Social support of homeless and housed mothers: A comparison of temporary and permanent housing arrangements. Family Relations, 47, 415-421.
31. Link, B., Phelan, J., Bresnahan, M., Stueve, A., Moore, R., & Stuening, E. (1995). Lifetime and five-year prevalence of homelessness in the United States: New evidence on an old debate. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 65(3), 347-354.
32. Long, J. (1994). Family home share. The Single Parent, 37(4), 31-33.
33. Mandel, D. R., Baron, R. M., & Fisher, J. D. (1980). Room utilization and dimensions of density: Effects of height and view. Environment and Behavior, 12, 308-319.
34. Marris, P. (1996). The trouble with sharing. In G. C. Hemmens, C. J. Hoch, & J. Carp (Eds.), Under one roof: Issues and innovations in shared housing (pp. 115-123). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
35. Martin, H. (1999, December 19). Housing strained at seams in parts of L.A. county. The Los Angeles Times, p. A1.
36. McLeod, B. (1996, August 11). Seniors share housing to avoid nursing homes. Houston Chronicle, p. 4.
37. Mitchell, R. E. (1971). Social implications of high density housing. American Sociological Review, 36, 18-29.
38. Mostoller, M. (1989). The design of a single room with furniture for a residential hotel. In K. A. Franck & S. Ahrentzen (Eds.), New households, new housing (pp. 263-283). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
39. Myers, D. T (1989). Shared housing: An adaptable affordable housing option. Journal of Housing, 46(6), 297-305.
40. Myers, D., Baer, W. C., & Choi, S.-Y. (1996). The changing problem of overcrowded housing. Journal of the American Planning Association, 62, 66-84.
41. Oliker, S. J. (1995). The proximate contexts of workfare and work: A framework for studying poor women's economic choices. The Sociological Quarterly, 36(2), 251-272.
42. Oxford, J. M., & Barrett, L. (1997, September 23). Housing out of reach for many of the working poor. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, p. B7:2.
43. Pader, E.-J. (1994). Spatial relations and housing policy: Regulations that discriminate against Mexican-origin households. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 13, 119-135.
44. Pader, E.-J. (1998). Housing occupancy codes. In W. van Vliet (Ed.). The encyclopedia of housing (pp. 288-290). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
45. Peterson, K. S. (1989, February 20). Shared housing booms for single parents. USA Today, p. 4D.
46. Pollak, P. B. (1996). Zoning as a tool for shared housing. In G. C. Hemmens, C. J. Hoch, & J. Carp (Eds.), Under one roof: Issues and innovations in shared housing (pp. 107-114). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
47. Quiason, M. (1987, September 23). Home sharing makes living easier all around. Christian Science Monitor, 89/209, pp. 15, 1C.
48. Ritzdorf, M. (1994). Zoning as a tool for regulating family type in American communities. In K. A. Franck & L. H. Schneekloth (Eds.). Ordering space: Types in architecture and design (pp. 117-126). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
49. Rowe, P. (1993). Modernity and housing. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
50. Sandfort, J. R., & Hill, M. S. (1996). Assisting young, unmarried mothers to become self-sufficient: The effects of different types of early economic support. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 58, 311-326.
51. Sharfstein, J., & Sandel, M. (1998). Not safe at home: How America's housing crisis threatens the health of its children. Boston: Boston Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics.
52. Stock, R. W. (1997, December 18). Living independently, but not going it alone. The New York Times, pp. Fl, F9.
53. Stokols, D. (1992). Establishing and maintaining healthy environments: Toward a social ecology of health promotion. American Psychologist.47, 6-22.
54. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (1998). Rental housing assistance: The crisis continues. Washington, DC: Author.
55. Vacha, E. F., & Marin, M. V. (1993). Doubling up: Low income households sheltering the hidden homeless. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 20(3), 25-41.
56. Varady, D. P. (1988). Elderly independence: Promise and reality. Journal of Housing, 45(6), 289-295.
57. Wasson, R. R., & Hill, R. P. (1998). The process of becoming homeless: An investigation of female-headed families living in poverty. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 32(2), 320-342.
58. Weinstein, A. C. (1996-97). Essay: The challenge of providing adequate housing for the elderly... along with everyone else. Journal of Law and Health, 11(1,2), 133-143.
59. Weitzman, M., Gortmaker, S., & Sobel, A. (1990). Racial, social, and environmental risks for childhood asthma. American Journal of Diseases of Children. 144, 1189-1194.
60. World Health Organization. (1946). Constitution. Geneva: Author.
61. Wright, B. R. E., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E., & Silva, P. A. (1998). Factors associated with doubled-up housing-A common precursor to homelessness. Social Service Review, 72, 92-110.