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Publication Date: 2013-Jan
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City Life: Rankings (Livability) versus Perceptions (Satisfaction)
Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam
Social Indicators Research, v110 n2 p433-451 Jan 2013
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.
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Trust (Psychology), Satisfaction, Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Urban Environment, Social Indicators, Measurement, Sociometric Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Comparative Analysis, Surveys, Correlation, Statistical Analysis
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