Changes in Quality of Life Perceptions in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Comparing Survey Results from 2001 and 2004

Autor/inn/en	Williams, Allison; Kitchen, Peter; Randall, James; Muhajarine, Nazeem
Titel	Changes in Quality of Life Perceptions in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Comparing Survey Results from 2001 and 2004
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 85 (2008) 1, S.5-21 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-007-9129-z
Schlagwörter	Socioeconomic Status; Community Colleges; Quality of Life; Telephone Surveys; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Neighborhoods; Attitude Change; Comparative Analysis; Canada (Saskatoon) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Community college; Community College; Lebensqualität; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Fragebogen; Ausland; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung
Abstract	There is a growing interest in quality of life (QoL) as an integrated approach to addressing key social, environmental and economic determinants of health. The University of Saskatchewan's Community-University Institute for Social Research (CUISR) has examined the process and results of a multi-stakeholder approach to the ongoing sustainability of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as a healthy city with an improving and a more equitably distributed QoL. Using quantitative and qualitative analysis, this research has examined QoL across three locales in Saskatoon--representing Low, Middle and High socio-economic status neighbourhoods. Two large telephone surveys were conducted with residents of the city in 2001 and 2004. This paper presents the major findings from these two surveys according to four overarching research questions posed by the CUISR QoL team. The questions relate to a number of QoL issues including the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, place related measures, aspects influencing excellent or very good QoL in Saskatoon and feelings of a strong sense of place. The paper also assesses the changes in the results of the four questions between 2001 and 2004. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10