Housing density and its consequences for couples in Germany: staying, moving, or breaking up?

Abstract

The data PAIRFAM are available from the GESIS catalogue under the name of German Family Panel study (number ZA5678).

Intimate partner violence in the time of COVID‐19: An investigation into housing density and number of rooms as contributing factors

“…However, for IPV victims, housing has become a dangerous place during lockdowns as these force them to spend more time in proximity to their abusers. Poor housing conditions have been shown to increase the risk of stress, mental health issues, and conflicts among cohabitants (Damme et al., 2021; Patel et al., 2020; Ruiz‐Tagle & Urria, 2022), which in turn can increase the likelihood of IPV. Surprisingly, housing has not been a major factor in IPV research, with only a handful of pioneering studies conducted on this issue.…”

“…The impact of inadequate housing conditions—such as housing density and adequacy—extends to victims of IPV. Prior research consistently links poor housing conditions to increased stress levels (Liu et al., 2020) and compromised mental health, adverse couple relationships, and separations (Damme et al., 2021; Pevalin et al., 2017). Against this backdrop, the present study sought to examine the correlation between housing conditions and the incidence of IPV.…”

Housing in Germany and the Rebirth of the High-Rise in Post-Modern Urban Design

“…The critical assessments of high-rise residential buildings expressed in the early works are repeatedly taken up in architectural criticism (for example, Jonak, 2001Jonak, /2018. However, they give way in the face of more detailed studies of residential satisfaction and renewed appreciation (Kabisch et al, 2022;van Damme et al, 2021; in the international context, see Althaus, 2018;Dorignon & Nethercote, 2021;Kalantari & Shepley, 2021;Lukas, 2007;Power, 1999;Turkington et al, 2004;van Kempen & Musterd, 1991;Wu & Ge, 2020) as well as a recent increase in the construction of high-rise residential buildings in German metropolises against the background of housing market shortages, enormously rising real estate prices, and increasingly spectacular individual projects, a tendentially rather open-minded echo among consumers, in the general press, and in real estate magazines (Baulinks, 2015;Hilgenstock, 2011;Jung, 2016;Kiefer, 2016;"Marktreport: Fast 80 neue Wohnhochhäuser in Deutschland bis 2018Zabel, 2020). The main drivers and manifestations are being discussed, but, not infrequently, the focus is on planned projects without following up more closely which of them are realized.…”