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This paper examines the feasibility and validity of one method for combining measures of different dimensions of the quality of a household's housing situation into a summary index value. Housing quality is treated as an unobservable variable for which there are multiple observable causes and indicators. Alternative mathematical models are specified, and their parameters are estimated using data from a sample of low-income renter households in a major U.S. metropolitan area.
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Goodman, J.L. Causes and indicators of housing quality. Social Indicators Research 5, 195–210 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00352929
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00352929