A theoretical and methodological approach to the study of residential satisfaction

Continuities and discontinuities of place

Understanding environmental quality through quality of life studies: the 2001 DAS and its use of subjective and objective indicators☆

The effects of neighborhood conditions on perceptions of safety

This article represents a critique of empirical studies that have beenbased on the actual-aspirational gap approach to residential satisfaction. The reexamination of this theory suggests that empirical specifications should be disaggregated by household type and allow for nonlinear relationships between residential context and their associated levels of satisfaction. A multivariate regression analysis of dwelling satisfaction that employs such an appropriate specification is estimated for various strata of a 1980 sample of Minneapolis homeowners. Results provide strong support for the disaggregated, nonlinear modeling approach and, by implication, opens questions with much prior empirical work in the field.

Vincent P. Rock

Papers

Metropolitan America in contemporary perspective

Segregation in residential areas : papers on racial and socioeconomic factors in choice of housing