Preface
Contents
1. The Sociology of Housing
THE FAMILY
THE HOME AND SOCIAL STATUS
2. Method and Basic Hypotheses
3. The Establishment of the Home
4. The Home and Patterns of Family Living
5. The Place of the Child in the Home
6. The Furnishing and Equipment of the Home as it reflects the Culture
Social Life and Economic Level of the Family'
7. The Measurement of Social Status
8. The Validation of the Social Status Scale
9. The Relationship between Status Score and Some Other Variables
10. Social Status and Changes of Residence
11. Recapitulation
'CONVENIENCE'
12. 'Convenience'-The Measurement of a Desirable Quality in Town Planning
HOUSING APPRAISAL
13. The Measurement of Housing Quality
14. The Origin of Appraisal Method
15. The Revision of the Scale
16. The Measurement of Occupation
17. The Appraisal Schedule and its Completion
18. Some Applications of the Scale
19. The Relationship between Total Appraisal Score and the Desire to Move
APPENDICES
I. Social Status: the Sample and Comparison with the Census
II. Social Status: instructions to Field Workers
III. Social Status: the Schedule
IV. Social Status: the Application of the Scale to Houses to which access is Refused
V. The Sample in the Scottish Mining Communities Inquiry
VI. Housing Appraisal Schedule
Bibliography
Index