Department of Defense Family Housing Preference Survey. Attitudes and Preferences of Military Personnel and Spouses Concerning Housing and Basic Allowance for Quarters\
Abstract
Questionnaires were administered by mail to a sample of 16,961 married military personnel and 13,625 spouses in the continental United States. The sample was designed to control for paygrade, urbanization level (rural, urban, or metropolitan) and type of housing occupied (government quarters, rented civilian housing, or personnally owned housing). Detailed information was obtained on housing style preferences, housing type preferences, potential impact of a fair market rental policy for government quarters, housing satisfaction, atttitude toward various proposed policy changes, career motivation, and perceived quality of life. A correlational model predicted that personal/situational factors, housing choice behavior, and housing attitudes would all be associated with perceived quality of life and career intention. The model's predictions were generally supported, except that housing choice behavior was unrelated to either variable. Both were related to housing attitudes and personal/situational factors with quality of life showing the stronger association with these variables (Military R's = .56 and .41, respectively).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA018146
Entities
People
- Susan S. Stumpf
- William F. Kieckhaefer