Estimating Accessibility Problems in the Swedish Housing Stock Using Citizen Science : The Housing Experiment 2021
Slaug, Björn LU
; Granbom, Marianne
LU
and Iwarsson, Susanne
LU
(2024)
In Journal of Applied Gerontology
- Abstract
Accessible housing for the aging population is important, but large-scale reliable information on accessibility problems in ordinary housing is lacking. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of environmental barriers and analyze potential accessibility problems in the Swedish housing stock and to evaluate the validity and representativeness of housing data collected in a citizen science project. Data on environmental barriers in 1181 dwellings were collected by members of the public. Prevalence of barriers and potential accessibility problems were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ranking methodology. Validity and representativeness were addressed by comparisons with public statistics and research, and analysis of data... (More)
Accessible housing for the aging population is important, but large-scale reliable information on accessibility problems in ordinary housing is lacking. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of environmental barriers and analyze potential accessibility problems in the Swedish housing stock and to evaluate the validity and representativeness of housing data collected in a citizen science project. Data on environmental barriers in 1181 dwellings were collected by members of the public. Prevalence of barriers and potential accessibility problems were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ranking methodology. Validity and representativeness were addressed by comparisons with public statistics and research, and analysis of data properties. It was found there are substantial numbers of environmental barriers in dwellings across Sweden that generate accessibility problems for people with functional limitations. The results suggest that with user-friendly data collection tools and instructions, data validity and representativeness can be achieved in citizen science projects involving older adults.
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- author
- Slaug, Björn
LU
; Granbom, Marianne
LU
and Iwarsson, Susanne
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- in press
- subject
- keywords
- aging-in-place, citizen science, environmental barriers, housing accessibility, older adults
- in
- Journal of Applied Gerontology
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- external identifiers
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- pmid:39023853
- scopus:85199566295
- ISSN
- 0733-4648
- DOI
- 10.1177/07334648241262646
- project
- Socially sustainable housing policies for people ageing with disability: producing a knowledge base supporting participation and active citizenship
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.
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- 903ccb22-ed91-4e2e-8eb7-31c9c93f5b47
- date added to LUP
- 2024-08-09 11:51:00
- date last changed
- 2024-08-09 13:44:03
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