Households' views on security in old age and the role of housing assets in Slovenia

Abstract

This paper is based on the DEMHOW project and aims to gain an insight into how Slovenian households perceive the role of their housing in their security in old age. The results indicate that housing equity is largely perceived as a potential income source in old age and a vague safeguard for any future risks. However, its release is only acceptable if absolutely necessary; how and at which point such a need emerges mostly depends on other arrangements within the broader family network. Compared to the oldest cohort, the younger cohorts perceive housing as an element of their future material security to a larger extent and are more inclined to use it.

Keywords

Stanovanjsko vprašanje;Lastništvo;Starostniki;Socialna varnost;Slovenija;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2010
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
UDC:	316.334.54-053.88(497.4)
COBISS:	29740893
ISSN:	0040-3598
Parent publication:	Teorija in praksa
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Pogledi gospodinjstev v Sloveniji na varnost in na vlogo stanovanjskega premoženja v starosti
Secondary abstract:	Prispevek temelji na projektu DEMHOW, njegov namen pa je dognati, kakšno vlogo slovenska gospodinjstva pripisujejo svojim stanovanjem pri socialni varnosti v starosti. Rezultati kažejo, da stanovanjsko premoženje v glavnem vidijo kot potencialni vir dohodka v starosti in kot neopredeljeno varovalo zoper kakršnakoli prihodnja tveganja. Kljub temu menijo, da je sprostitev stanovanjskega premoženja sprejemljiva edino, če je absolutno nujna; kako in na kateri točki vznikne takšna potreba, je odvisno predvsem od drugih dogovorov znotraj širše družinske mreže. Mlajši vprašanci vidijo stanovanje kot element svoje prihodnje materialne varnosti in so ga pripravljeni uporabiti bolj kot najstarejša skupina.
Secondary keywords:	Housing question;Ownership;Older people;Social security;Slovenia;
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 1011-1027
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ47
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ5
Chronology:	sep.-okt. 2010
Keywords (UDC):	social sciences;družbene vede;sociology;sociologija;social structure;society as a social system;družbena struktura;družba kot družbeni sistem;globalne družbe;basic elements and subsystems of global societies as sociological categories;
ID:	1470529