Household Survival Strategies as Roadmaps to Future

During the ongoing economic recession many housholds have entered a very difficult economic situation which has influence far beyond the economic function of households and family life. These studies date from 1992, when so-called two-dwellings trap endangered the housing of many families in Finland. In this presentation the empirical data drawn from my study is discussed in terms of crisis and households survival strategies. Psychological crisis theory seemed a relevant framework in which to study the extreme and usually sudden ...

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