title: Social Areas And The Wellbeing Of Tenants In Housing For The Elderly.
abstract: The relationships between objective neighborhood characteristics and the wellbeing of 2421 elderly federally-assisted housing tenants were investigated. Six factors were derived from the 1970 Census characteristics of the social areas in which 150 housing projects were located. Social-area factors accounted for significant proportions of variance in tenant activity participation, housing satisfaction, friendship behavior, and motility, but not family interaction or morale. Higher neighborhood age density was consistently associated with tenant wellbeing. Neither the racial character of the neighborhood or the consonance between race of tenant and the neighborhood racial context were associated with wellbeing, but consonance between tenant's race and the racial context of the housing was associated with wellbeing.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lawton
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nahemow