Housing Standards 2002/03: Financial Affordability and Attitudes towards Housing

4. People's opinions about the housing cost burden

Introduction

In 2001 the Socio-Economics of Housing Team at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic conducted a large survey of attitudes of the Czech population toward housing. The 2001 Housing Attitude Survey was conducted on a sample of more than 3,500 respondents over 18. Respondent sampling was based on the quota selection method (age, education, size of the place of residence and partially the legal basis for using a house/flat of the respondent). In view of these characteristics, the sample is a representative sample of the Czech population. Data collection, performed by STEM and funded by the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (grant no. S7028004) and by the Ministry for Regional Development, occurred in all size categories of municipalities. Using a standardised interview respondents were asked about satisfaction with their current housing and the housing situation in the Czech Republic in general, financial affordability of housing, attitudes toward the housing black market, state housing policy, a comparison of the current housing situation and the situation before 1989 and a number of other thematic areas. Furthermore, existing and future "housing careers" of Czech households were mapped.