title: Housing concerns of elderly homeowners.
abstract: This article examines the subjective perceptions of low-income elderly homeowners about their housing situation, by using a nonstandardized and unobtrusive interview method and a thematic content analysis. Five housing areas were investigated: shelter quality, neighborhood quality, accessibility and mobility, benefit and burden of homeownership, and social support network. The findings corroborated the study by O'Bryant on the importance of subjective variables in explaining housing satisfaction. Two themes emerged: questionable housing "needs" and ambiguity perceptions.
authors.affiliation: Queen's University, Canada.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Leung