Having the Next Generation in Mind: Housing Pathways of Older Homeowners in a Romanian Rural Community

• Autorzy: Laura A. Tufă , Juliana Precupetu , Marian Vasile
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this paper we set out to understand the housing pathways of older people who live in precarious prosperity in rural Romania. The stratum of precarious prosperity (Budowski et al. 2010) is a rather invisible and heterogenous social category whose household strategies and biographies are particularly understudied. Our purpose is to describe and explain micro-events in the housing histories of older Romanians belonging to this stratum and to understand agency in housing strategies in time and space. The data we use comes from a qualitative panel study conducted in a rural community in Romania. The results show that the housing pathways available to older people in the village studied are strongly embedded in family ties, intergenerational support, and co-residence housing strategies, as well as in housing policies that provide inadequate institutional support for meeting housing standards and increasing the quality of housing.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Elderly people; Rural areas; Households; Housing needs

PL

Ludzie starsi; Obszary wiejskie; Gospodarstwa domowe; Potrzeby mieszkaniowe

• Czasopismo: Polish Sociological Review
• Rocznik: 2023
• Numer: nr 3 (223)
• Strony: 395--412

Twórcy

autor

Laura A. Tufă

• Romanian Academy

autor

Juliana Precupetu

• University of Bucharest

autor

Marian Vasile

• University of Bucharest

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Identyfikatory

DOI

https://doi.org/10.26412/psr223.06