Abstract
The study examined the hypotheses that preferences for residential location are based on housing-attribute evaluations derived from beliefs about value fulfillment, and that changes in these beliefs account for variation of residential-location preferences across the life span. Subjects ( n = 148) belonging to five different life cycle groups were interviewed by telephone. In these interviews three types of information were obtained by means of ratings: (1) Preferences for living at six different distances from city center; (2) Evaluations of the extent to which dwellings at these distances were perceived to possess certain attributes, and; (3) Assessments of the extent to which different values were attained by living at these distances. Sets of regression analyses supported with some qualifications the proposed hypotheses. Specifically, the results showed that life span changes in residential-location preferences depended on how much the preferences were influenced by the value of comfort relative to freedom, well-being, and togetherness.
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