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The Probability of Single-family Dwelling Occupancy

Comparing Home Workers and Commuters in Canadian Cities

Markus Moos

University of British Columbia

Andrejs Skaburskis

Queen's University

Changing socioeconomic conditions are increasing the flexible workforce, such as home workers that are believed to internalize the need for home-work space in their housing consumption. Analysis of census data in thirteen Canadian metropolitan areas shows that households where one or both maintainers work from home have a greater propensity to reside in larger single-family detached houses than comparable households with maintainers who commute to work. The home-work variable increases the probability of single-family dwelling occupancy more than age, immigration, and household size, demographic variables generally highly associated with single-family dwelling occupancy. Although issues of causality cannot be empirically resolved here, if home work requires more space, it is one of the factors that would influence the tendency to continue to reside in the larger single-family dwellings. These dwellings have greater environmental impacts than more compact housing types that planners promote as part of their sustainability goals.

Key Words: home work • urban form • cities • housing • sustainable development • urban sustainability • telework

Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 27, No. 3, 319-340 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X07311937
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