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A Change for the Better?:A Life Course Analysis of the Housing Careers of Somalis and Turks in the Danish Housing Market
This thesis explores the preconditions of change and the possibilities for change in the housing careers of Somalis and Turks through an application of life course analysis. By directing inquiry to the process by which lives are lived and highlighting the importance of both structure and agency, life course analysis offers a rewarding framework for an analysis of housing careers. The aim of the thesis is pursued through two strands explored in four independent papers. The first strand focuses on one specific transition in the housing career, leaving home, and is based register data analysis. The main findings are that some ethnic differences in home-leaving patterns persist but that they diminish when controlling for key covariates on home-leaving and settlement patterns. An assimilation process, while slow-moving, is taking place. The second strand of the thesis focuses on change more generally in the housing careers of Somalis and Turks through analyses of in-depth interviews. The main finding is that while Turkish migrant workers and Somali refugees face constraints in relation to housing, there are choices available to them in the Copenhagen housing market. Change comes about in the intersection between preferences, resources, possibilities and restraints. All in all, the thesis offers an optimistic evaluation of the housing situation of Somalis and Turks in the Danish housing market.
A Change for the Better?:A Life Course Analysis of the Housing Careers of Somalis and Turks in the Danish Housing Market
This thesis explores the preconditions of change and the possibilities for change in the housing careers of Somalis and Turks through an application of life course analysis. By directing inquiry to the process by which lives are lived and highlighting the importance of both structure and agency, life course analysis offers a rewarding framework for an analysis of housing careers. The aim of the thesis is pursued through two strands explored in four independent papers. The first strand focuses on one specific transition in the housing career, leaving home, and is based register data analysis. The main findings are that some ethnic differences in home-leaving patterns persist but that they diminish when controlling for key covariates on home-leaving and settlement patterns. An assimilation process, while slow-moving, is taking place. The second strand of the thesis focuses on change more generally in the housing careers of Somalis and Turks through analyses of in-depth interviews. The main finding is that while Turkish migrant workers and Somali refugees face constraints in relation to housing, there are choices available to them in the Copenhagen housing market. Change comes about in the intersection between preferences, resources, possibilities and restraints. All in all, the thesis offers an optimistic evaluation of the housing situation of Somalis and Turks in the Danish housing market.
A Change for the Better?:A Life Course Analysis of the Housing Careers of Somalis and Turks in the Danish Housing Market
Nielsen, Rikke Skovgaard (author)
2014-01-01
Nielsen , R S 2014 , A Change for the Better? A Life Course Analysis of the Housing Careers of Somalis and Turks in the Danish Housing Market . Ph.d.-serien for Det Teknisk-Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet, Aalborg Universitet , Aalborg Universitetsforlag , Aalborg . https://doi.org/10.5278/vbn.phd.engsci.00065
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Leaving home in Denmark: a comparison of differences between Turks, Somalis and Danes
| British Library Online Contents | 2015
Leaving home in Denmark: a comparison of differences between Turks, Somalis and Danes
| Online Contents | 2014
Leaving home in Denmark: a comparison of differences between Turks, Somalis and Danes
| Online Contents | 2014