This report develops a Poor Quality Index (PQI) that measures the level of physical deficiencies in American Housing Survey (AHS) sample housing units. The AHS already contains a measure of housing adequacy, but adequacy is a narrower concept than quality. For some research purposes, a measure that uses all the AHS information on housing deficiencies may be more useful. Compared with the AHS measure, the PQI recognizes a broader range of deficiencies and has greater stability on the problem side between surveys. The goal is not to replace the AHS measure but to give researchers an alternative.


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    Title :

    American Housing Survey. A Measure of (Poor) Housing Quality


    Contributors:
    F. J. Eggers (author) / F. Moumen (author)

    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    21 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English