| Title |
Toward Theoretical Understandings of Immigrant Housing Adjustment Among Koreans in the Houston Metropolitan Area |
| Abstract |
Through hypotheses testing, this study examined the utility of broad range of theoretical approaches to understanding housing adjustment involved in residential mobility and home improvements. The sample comprised 326 Korean immigrant households in the Houston metropolitan area. A 60.5% of response rate with questionnaires was obtained. Three major findings were obtained for this study First, households with a higher degree of housing complaints are more likely to move to another housing units, while lower complaints are positively related to home improvements. Second, housing complaints appear to be an opposite dimension of housing satisfaction. Therefore, housing satisfaction tells us whether a household moves or stays/improves. As unexpected, finally, mobility is an increasing function of willingness to pay for cultural amenities. People tend to achieve their cultural housing needs by seeking alternative houses elsewhere, rather than improving the existing house |