Exam 8: Choosing a Place to Live

Which of the following is NOT one of the stages in the family life cycle?

Income is the only factor influencing residential location.

The predominance of single-family dwellings on spacious lots in the suburban ring provides a physical environment conducive to raising children - the lifestyle called

__________ live in the central city by choice; the forces of tradition and kinship tie the members of these groups to their old neighborhoods.

Hoover and Vernon suggested that neighborhoods, like people and families, have a life cycle of five stages. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

The propensity to move is constant throughout the life cycle.

__________ refers to a permanent change of residence that is too far to continue commuting to the same job.

Wolpert argued that a family's decision to move is a response to a wide range of social, psychological, and economic conditions. All of these factors can be divided into four basic dimensions for use in the analysis of residential mobility. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

__________ is a move that allows commuting to the same job.

__________ are people who have traditionally lived in the suburbs but who have opted for a home in the central city because of unusual housing opportunity.

Explain why housing is important in American society.

In 2003, housing construction accounted for __________ percent of the Gross Development Product (GDP).

In the United States, approximately __________ percent of the population move every year.

Today, for millions of Americans, childlessness is almost always a transitional stage.

Purchasing a new home is the largest investment most Americans make in their lifetimes.

The revolution in communication, computing, and information technologies has created the lifestyle called the __________. These people are citizens of the world - people without nations.

The __________ live in the central city of necessity - they are the very poor, the mentally ill, and the physically handicapped.

As a city grows, it reorganizes spatially. In some cases, sub-areas of the city undergo a process known as __________ where a different land use or population displaces the original residents.

The text points out that even with existing problems, the federal government's role in promoting homeownership appears to be a good public policy for many reasons. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

The __________ include students, artists, writers, musicians, actors, and members of the professions.