What makes older people consider moving house and what makes them move?

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-54

  Hansen, Eigil Boll ^a   Gottschalk, Georg ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barriers; Considerations; Housing mobility; Incentives; Moving house; Older people

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY POPULATION; MOBILITY;

EID: 33645557664     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090600587521     Document Type: Article

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