Old age and the role of housing equity : a case study on the Finnish homeowner's perceptions

Naumanen, Päivi (author), Ruonavaara, Hannu (author)

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.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2010
• Number of pages: Str. 1078-1096
• Numbering: Letn. 47, št. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-23154
• UDC: 316.334.54:364.35(480)
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 29744221
• 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: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Članek obravnava, kako finska gospodinjstva v lastniških stanovanjih načrtujejo in se pripravljajo na starost in upokojitev. Avtorja ugotavljata, kakšne so norme, prepričanja in vedenje gospodinjstev glede pokojninskega varstva in oskrbe v starosti. Članek temelji na kvalitativnih intervjujih, opravljenih v okviru skupnega projekta "Demografske spremembe in stanovanjsko premoženje" (DEMHOW), ki ga je financirala Evropska komisija. V obdobju med junijem in septembrom 2009 so bili v mestu Turku opravljeni razgovori s člani 30 gospodinjstev oz. lastniki stanovanj treh starostnih skupin: 25-35 let, 45-55 let in 65-75 let.