Old age and the role of housing equityNaumanen, Päivi (Avtor) Ruonavaara, Hannu (Avtor) The paper focuses on the planning and preparing for the retirement and old age by the Finnish home owning households. The authors ask what are the households' norms, beliefs and behaviour regarding pension security and care in the old age. The article is based on the qualitative interviews conducted as a part of the collaborative project Demographic Change and Housing Wealth (DEMHOW) funded by the European Commission. A sample of 30 households representing young (25-35 years), middle-aged (45-55 years) and elderly (65-75 years) home-owners in the city of Turku was interviewed during a period from June to September in 2009.20102014-07-11 14:31:52Delo ni kategorizirano23154sl