Who cares? Individual differences in the determinants of residential satisfaction

Residential satisfaction is a key variable in understanding residential mobility. Many researchers have studied the individual level and neighbourhood level determinants of satisfaction, however, very few have studied which neighbourhood characteristics will affect satisfaction for whom. In this pa...

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Main Author: Sanne Boschman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Delft University of Technology 2015-11-01
Series:A+BE: Architecture and the Built Environment
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Online Access:https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/abe/article/view/6595
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description Residential satisfaction is a key variable in understanding residential mobility. Many researchers have studied the individual level and neighbourhood level determinants of satisfaction, however, very few have studied which neighbourhood characteristics will affect satisfaction for whom. In this paper, a series of ordered logit models is estimated, explaining satisfaction from neighbourhood characteristics, personal characteristics and interactions. These interaction effects test whether neighbourhood characteristics have similar effects on all individuals, or whether individual characteristics affect the size and direction of these effects. Ethnic minorities are found to be less affected than natives by the share of ethnic minorities in the neighbourhood, because they prefer to live close to their own ethnic group. Satisfaction is found to be more dependent on neighbourhood characteristics for owner-occupiers and households with children than for other households. However, the impact of the neighbourhood ethnic composition on satisfaction does not differ with tenure or household type.
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spelling doaj.art-97d95fa9c58d4ebcb0d4d6cda4190d0d2023-03-11T23:03:19ZengDelft University of TechnologyA+BE: Architecture and the Built Environment2212-32022214-72332015-11-01511Who cares? Individual differences in the determinants of residential satisfactionSanne Boschman0TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment Residential satisfaction is a key variable in understanding residential mobility. Many researchers have studied the individual level and neighbourhood level determinants of satisfaction, however, very few have studied which neighbourhood characteristics will affect satisfaction for whom. In this paper, a series of ordered logit models is estimated, explaining satisfaction from neighbourhood characteristics, personal characteristics and interactions. These interaction effects test whether neighbourhood characteristics have similar effects on all individuals, or whether individual characteristics affect the size and direction of these effects. Ethnic minorities are found to be less affected than natives by the share of ethnic minorities in the neighbourhood, because they prefer to live close to their own ethnic group. Satisfaction is found to be more dependent on neighbourhood characteristics for owner-occupiers and households with children than for other households. However, the impact of the neighbourhood ethnic composition on satisfaction does not differ with tenure or household type. https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/abe/article/view/6595residential satisfactionethnicityracial proxyinteractionsresidential mobilitysegregation
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Who cares? Individual differences in the determinants of residential satisfaction
A+BE: Architecture and the Built Environment
residential satisfaction
ethnicity
racial proxy
interactions
residential mobility
segregation
title Who cares? Individual differences in the determinants of residential satisfaction
title_full Who cares? Individual differences in the determinants of residential satisfaction
title_fullStr Who cares? Individual differences in the determinants of residential satisfaction
title_full_unstemmed Who cares? Individual differences in the determinants of residential satisfaction
title_short Who cares? Individual differences in the determinants of residential satisfaction
title_sort who cares individual differences in the determinants of residential satisfaction
topic residential satisfaction
ethnicity
racial proxy
interactions
residential mobility
segregation
url https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/abe/article/view/6595
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