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

Mandič, Srna (author)

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.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2010
• Number of pages: Str. 1011-1027
• Numbering: Letn. 47, št. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-23150
• UDC: 316.334.54-053.88(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 29740893
• Publication date in RUL: 11.07.2014

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Visoka šola za politične vede, Visoka šola za politične vede, Visoka šola za sociologijo, politične vede in novinarstvo, Fakulteta za sociologijo, politične vede in novinarstvo, Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

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.