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Residential stability and social contact: Testing for saved versus liberated communities
Author(s) -
Kennedy Leslie W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198401)12:1<3::aid-jcop2290120102>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - social contact , psychology , stability (learning theory) , social psychology , demographic economics , gerontology , medicine , computer science , economics , machine learning
Residential mobility was examined using a path‐model to determine the importance of social contact with friends and neighbors as a predictor of the desire to move. No effects were found. The major factors leading to moving aspirations related to both residential and neighborhood satisfaction.