Systematic Review of Research Trends in Lifestyle and Housing

The concept of lifestyle was initially used in psychology and sociology, but its features gradually gained entry into other fields of study, including housing. Various studies have been conducted on applying housing lifestyle in Iran, as in other countries. In this study, the structure and contents of lifestyle research in the field of housing have been compared to Iranian research. To achieve this goal, 45 English and 13 Persian articles were thoroughly studied by the systematic review method. The CASP checklist was used for validity and quality control. The results of this analysis show that there are different views on the methodological approaches so it is suggested to use mixed methods. Housing lifestyle studies can be divided into four types of micro and macro scale design, residential preferences, energy consumption in the building, and the meaning of housing. Research on the international scale in the field of meaning and energy consumption is less than design and residential preferences. This is more evident in Iranian studies and should be further studied in the field of housing planning, residential preferences, and building energy. The number of lifestyle factors in international studies is broader than in Iranian studies. However, there is a gap in the field of subjective lifestyle and its psychological issues.