City Life: Rankings (Livability) versus Perceptions (Satisfaction)

Autor/in	Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam
Titel	City Life: Rankings (Livability) versus Perceptions (Satisfaction)
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 110 (2013) 2, S.433-451 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9939-x
Schlagwörter	Quality of Life; Trust (Psychology); Satisfaction; Attitudes; Attitude Measures; Urban Environment; Social Indicators; Measurement; Sociometric Techniques; Evaluation Methods; Comparative Analysis; Surveys; Correlation; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensqualität; Zufriedenheit; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Stadtökologie; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Messverfahren; Soziometrie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	I investigate the relationship between the popular Mercer city ranking (livability) and survey data (satisfactions). Livability aims to capture "objective" quality of life such as infrastructure. Survey items capture "subjective" quality of life such as satisfaction with city. The relationship between objective measures of quality of life and subjective measures is weak (correlation of about 0.4). Trust is highly correlated with both, objective livability (0.8) and subjective satisfaction with city (0.65). I postulate to pay more attention to subjective indicators of quality of life. After all, what matters is what we perceive, not what is out there. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10