ABSTRACT
It has been shown by Wedge and Prosser that dissatisfaction with housing is not strongly linked with the objective quality of the housing occupied. At the analysis stage three types of housing were differentiated; these three types were similar to those used by Pierce. Type I-Independent living in an unfurnished, self-contained entire house or self-contained flat. Type II-Semi-independent living in a partly or fully furnished entire house or self-contained flat. Type III-Dependent living in a furnished room, rooms or non-self-contained flat. Housing was regarded as shared if any facilities, whether bathroom, kitchen or living quarters, were not for the sole use of informants or their children. Although Type III housing, the so-called dependent living, is frequently shared, this is not necessarily always the case. Those who were pre-maritally pregnant may be regarded as a particularly vulnerable group for whom housing might be of special importance.
