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Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1007/s10708-008-9248-3
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Titel (primär) Flexible-inflexible: socio-demographic, spatial and temporal dimensions of flat sharing in Leipzig (Germany)
Autor Steinführer, A.; Haase, A.
Quelle GeoJournal
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
Department SUSOZ
Band/Volume 74
Heft 6
Seite von 567
Seite bis 587
Sprache deutsch
Keywords Flat sharing; Housing; New households; Germany
Abstract Flat sharers are one of the most distinct representatives of the 'new' household types, but have received only very limited attention from researchers. Back in the 1960s shared flats were usually founded with a strong ideological impetus, whereas flat sharing nowadays is just one household type among many others. Typically, this housing arrangement consists of at least two young adult individuals without children. Sharing the flat and the housing costs is the basis of their relationship but living with others is an additional motive. As a rule, flat sharing bridges two distinct events in the course of one's life: the leaving of the parental home and the foundation of the first independent household. Thus for a restricted period in time, it is a flexible household type adapted to the situational needs of its members. Germany has one of the strongest and longest traditions of flat sharing in Europe, especially among university students. An explorative study was conducted in Leipzig to come to a deeper understanding of what flat sharing means in its ambivalence of being both an economic unit and a social arrangement. Based on qualitative and quantitative evidence from group discussions and Internet adverts, we shed light on the highly under-researched social practice of flat sharing. We will show that despite the structural flexibility of this household type, there is also evidence for its socio-demographic selectivity, spatial concentration and temporal limitation over the individual life courses.
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Steinführer, A., Haase, A. (2009):
Flexible-inflexible: socio-demographic, spatial and temporal dimensions of flat sharing in Leipzig (Germany)
GeoJournal 74 (6), 567 - 587 10.1007/s10708-008-9248-3