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Southern European countries (SEC) are often considered as a homogenous group,
distinct from the rest of Europe, in the literature of housing studies. This article
explores the idea that despite sharing cohesion factors, Cyprus, Greece, Italy,
Malta, Portugal and Spain also displayed a significant degree of heterogeneity in
their housing patterns at the outset of the current economic crisis. The study analyses
2005 and 2009 micro-data from the European Union Statistics on Income
and Living Conditions at two levels. At the macro level, a cluster analysis was
used to define four homogeneous groups in the European context. At the micro
level, both homogeneous and heterogeneous features of home ownership in the
SEC were identified using logistic modelling. The results of the macro analysis
highlight the structural proximity between the southern and the post-socialist
countries in terms of housing characteristics. With regard to predictors of home
ownership, the micro analysis confirms that SEC form a distinctive group when
compared with the European Union at large, while displaying significant internal
heterogeneity in predictors such as age, citizenship, dwelling type and social
environment.
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Housing Habitação Southern Europe Europa do Sul
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Citation
Pre-print version of the following article: Azevedo, A. B., López-Colás, J., Módenes, J. A. (2016). Home ownership in Southern European countries: Similarities and differences. Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 15 (2), 275–298.