Home Sweet Home: The Determinants of Residential Satisfaction and its Relation with Well-being

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“…To construct and implement an efficient housing policy, it is crucial to understand the determinants that define and control occupants' satisfaction with their living conditions. Balestra and Sultan (2013) found that there is a complex relationship between residential satisfaction and housing characteristics, including the neighborhood's features. This study has emphasized that housing is considered a right for everyone, and the main objective of any housing program is to upgrade the liveability conditions and guarantee fair access to satisfactory and adequate housing to meet the needs of users.…”

Section: Literature Review 21 Determinants Of Residential Satisfactionmentioning

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Investigating quality of life by residents of social housing in eastern Algeria: a structural equation modelling

Djafri

Osman

Rabe

et al. 2020

JEDT

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify, confirm and validate a model appropriate to capture the interrelationships between different variables to develop and improve social housing quality, adequacy, provision and residents’ quality of life (RQOL). Design/methodology/approach This research adopted a quantitative approach to examine the research objectives of this study. The proposed conceptual framework was tested using primary data collected from a survey of 418 residents of the new urban center of Hamla. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and exploratory factor analysis through SPSS. In addition, confirmatory factor analysis was performed using AMOS before validating the measurement model and testing the hypotheses through structural equation modeling (SEM). Findings The results of SEM indicated acceptable high goodness-of-fit indices. The results revealed that three out of six hypotheses were supported. Consequently, residential quality and housing adequacy appeared to have a vital role in the conceptual framework, as it influenced social housing provision and RQOL and was influenced by socio-economic characteristics. Practical implications The present study illustrates the interrelationships between the proposed variables using SEM analysis. In addition, by understanding the direct relationships between the selected variables, the findings would be useful for the concerned authorities to ameliorate and upgrade the social housing quality and adequacy along with surpassing the current shortage, which would enhance and contribute to the amelioration of the RQOL and throughout Algeria. Originality/value This paper aims to establish, examine, validate the relationships and develop a conceptual framework in the context of Algerian social housing that contributes to the assessment and amelioration of social housing.

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Section: Literature Review 21 Determinants Of Residential Satisfactionmentioning

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Investigating quality of life by residents of social housing in eastern Algeria: a structural equation modelling

Djafri

Osman

Rabe

et al. 2020

JEDT

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“…According to Lee (2014), the settlement environment and rural environment affect life satisfaction; but at the same time, poor living conditions can threaten public welfare, and as a main cause of the depopulation of villages, can also reveal the types of solutions required to alleviate it [14]. According to scholars, environmental quality of life domains include satisfaction with housing, schools, health services, safety and security, roads, and access to transport [15][16][17][18]. In a rural study by Chow (2005) on assessing the degree of satisfaction degree with different aspects of life, respondents were most satisfied with living conditions and living arrangements [19].…”

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How Does Targeted Poverty Alleviation Policy Influence Residents’ Perceptions of Rural Living Conditions? A Study of 16 Villages in Gansu Province, Northwest China

Wang

Yang

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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Rural living conditions (RLCs) in China are influential on the overall development and stability of regions, particularly for populations in distant poverty-stricken villages. This paper takes 16 villages of Chedao town in Gansu province, Northwest China (NWC) as our case study. Using data from the Poverty Alleviation and Assistance (PAA) project launched by Lanzhou University in June 2017, and the perceptions of residents of Chedao, we pinpoint RLC changes in the targeted poverty alleviation (TPA) process. The three main results show that: (1) From the residents’ perceptions, the impact of alleviation measures on RLC is mainly reflected in improved housing conditions, infrastructure, and public services. We find no significant effect on cultural conditions. However, eco-environmental conditions have obviously weakened. (2) Housing size, accessibility, distance to shops, and safe drinking water are the most significant factors in housing conditions, infrastructure, public services, and eco-environmental conditions, respectively. (3) Out of the different levels of rural poverty households (RPHs), severe rurality villages are more strongly aware of the positive changes in RLC than residents of mild rurality villages. Moreover, in residents’ view, housing conditions are most improved in severe rurality villages, infrastructure is most improved in moderate rurality villages, and public services are most improved in mild rurality villages. Eco-environmental conditions worsen across all levels. Our findings shed light on the perceptions of residents on changes occurring in rural living conditions, and provide a basis for subsequent studies of RLC in Northwest China.

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“…Digital resources in the classroom can serve as an equalising force between students who do and do not have access to digital technologies at home, allowing the latter to catch up with the digital mastery of the former. In addition, Banerjee et al (2007) suggest that computer-assisted learning especially benefits schools where the quality of teaching is lower, meaning that differences in teacher quality across schools can partially be mitigated by the introduction of digital resources in the classroom.…”

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“…Housing is important for well-being to meet basic human needs such as shelter from bad weather and to provide people with security and privacy. In addition, poor housing conditions, whether due to overcrowding or in the form of health hazards due to poor building standards, can be detrimental for people's health and mental well-being (Balestra and Sultan, 2013). The digital transformation can do little to improve or detract from the function of housing in facilitating these needs.…”

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How's Life in the Digital Age? (Summary in Spanish)

2019

How's Life in the Digital Age?

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This work is published under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of OECD member countries. This document, as well as any data and any map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.

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Home Sweet Home: The Determinants of Residential Satisfaction and its Relation with Well-being

Cited by 19 publications

References 82 publications

Investigating quality of life by residents of social housing in eastern Algeria: a structural equation modelling

Investigating quality of life by residents of social housing in eastern Algeria: a structural equation modelling

How Does Targeted Poverty Alleviation Policy Influence Residents’ Perceptions of Rural Living Conditions? A Study of 16 Villages in Gansu Province, Northwest China

How's Life in the Digital Age? (Summary in Spanish)

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