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Title: HOUSING OPTIONS OF FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS: EVIDENCE FROM THE AMERICAN HOUSING SURVEY
Over the last three decades, the growth in housing costs relative to household incomes across cities in the United States has dramatically affected households' housing options. For this study, we apply a logit model to data from the American Housing Survey to provide evidence on how rising house costs affect female-headed households' decisions to move from the current home to another. Estimates reveal that total housing cost is a significant determinant of a female-headed household’s decision to move. We also found that lower-income female-headed households are more likely to move to a new location than higher-income female-headed households. These results support the idea that affordable housing programs should be maintained and expanded to offer some alleviation to the burden of rising housing costs on lower-income female-headed households and other vulnerable groups  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1818669
PAR ID:
10323037
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of economics and economic education research
Volume:
22
Issue:
SP1
ISSN:
1533-3604
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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