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No Place Like Home: Older Adults and Their Housing

The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Author: Fisher, J. D., Johnson, D. S., Marchand, J. T., Smeeding, T. M., Torrey, B. B.
Year: 2007
Type: Journal Article

Abstract:

This article takes the data set Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) to investigate the economic role of older adults homes. The results suggest that older american home-owners are converting their housing assets into other types of income or consumption, at least up to the age of 80.

URL: http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/62/2/S120.abstract

Further Details

Publish Dates March 1, 2007
Full Title The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
Pages S120-S128
Volume 62
Issue 2
Accession Number Dec, 2011
Notes No DOI
Keywords Older, housing, United States

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