Sociologies (Feb 2017)

Les Français et l’habitat individuel : préférences révélées et déclarées

  • Julien Damon

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French people and detached houses: revealed and declared preferencesPeople living in France prefer, in terms of housing, detached houses. This preference is revealed, through INSEE official data, showing a constant increase of the number of detached house. Respondents, in various surveys, declare this preference as well. French people support villa, despite many critics regarding cost and environmental issues. Detached house is said to be their favourite type of accommodation when they are asked to choose, whatever the constraints may be, between different kinds of dwellings. Detached house appears to be the most desirable option. This article relies on data and on a visual sociology perspective. These two perspectives emphasize the same result.

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