ABSTRACT

This is Volume X of twenty-one in a series on Race, Class and Social Structure. Originally published in 1955, this study includes a number of essays on the topic the sociology of housing which is complicated because it is inextricably entangled with the 'housing problem'. The complex of interrelated matters with which this branch of sociology is concerned includes institutional behaviour, the family social status, property, religion, the law and the state and their relation to architecture, and engineering, sanitary engineering, town planning, public health, medicine and social administration.

chapter 1|11 pages

The Sociology of Housing

part 1|161 pages

The Family, The Home and Social Status

part 2|20 pages

‘Convenience'

part 3|75 pages

Housing Appraisal

chapter 13|3 pages

The Measurement of Housing Quality

chapter 14|8 pages

The Origin of Appraisal Method

chapter 15|13 pages

The Revision of the Scale

chapter 16|7 pages

The Measurement of Occupation

chapter 17|20 pages

The Appraisal Schedule and its Completion

chapter 18|16 pages

Some Applications of the Scale