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Housing tenure, structure, and crowding among Latino households

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This article examines the effect of federal housing and public assistance programs on the housing quality of different Latino households. The research tests models of crowding and housing tenure and structure for Latino households. The data for this research are from the 1990 Latino National Political Survey-Panel Study of Income Dynamics (LNPS-PSID). Findings reveal that housing and public assistance programs do help alleviate crowding among the Latino population, but they do not help Latino households achieve ownership of a single-family home. All the demographic variables in the model contribute to the explanation of crowding, and a majority also significantly explain housing tenure and structure. Significant differences are found among Latino subgroups in the explanatory variables for crowding, tenure, and structure.

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  1. Housing and Environmental Design at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

    Jean A. Memken (Associate Professor)

  2. Family and Consumer Economics at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

    Maria E. Canabal (Associate Professor)

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  1. Jean A. Memken
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She is also the director of the Center for the Study of Aging at Illinois State. Her research interests include housing of minority households and congregate housing for the elderly. She received her Ph.D. from Iowa State University.

Her research interests include housing needs of Latino households, resource management of female-headed Puerto Rican households, fertility decisions of Puerto Rican women, and student labor force participation. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.

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Memken, J.A., Canabal, M.E. Housing tenure, structure, and crowding among Latino households. J Fam Econ Iss 15, 349–365 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353810

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