Functions of home 3. Cross-cultural differences 5. Residential satisfaction 6. The home is a primary environment of greatest importance. Generally a place of maximum privacy, predictability, and control.
Privacy is a critical feature of the home environment.
In home environments many areas are off limits to visitors. This is also true in Poland. The industrial revolution moved the function of work out of the home environment. However, the computer revolution may be placing work back into the home environment. It is predicted that a computer cottage industry will expand in the future.