Personal and neighbourhood indicators of quality of urban life : a case study of Hong Kong

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

Social Indicators Research : An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement

Publication Date

3-14-2017

Volume

Advance online publication

First Page

1

Last Page

23

Publisher

Springer Netherlands

Keywords

Subjective quality of life, Quality of life domains, Quality of urban life domains, Modelling QOL/QOUL in Hong Kong

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of findings from a recent survey of quality of urban life (QOUL) in Hong Kong which focuses on: (a) individuals’ subjective assessment of their overall quality of life (QOL) and of a set of QOL life domains, and (b) their level of satisfaction for three levels of QOUL living domains: their housing, their neighbourhood, and Hong Kong as a whole. Differences between demographic and socio-economic groups are discussed. The paper also reports on preliminary results of multivariate modelling to identify factors that might explain variations in individual levels of satisfaction with their overall QOL and with the three levels of QOUL living domains. The Hong Kong survey of QOUL is compared to those of Brisbane and of the greater Detroit region to highlight differences between urban regions in the east and west. The results show that Hong Kong is still lagging far behind the two western regions in most aspects of the QOL life domains and the three QOUL living domains. The comparisons have implied that the differences between these urban regions are beyond east-west influence in the perception of quality of life and more attributable to disparities in urban environments.

DOI

10.1007/s11205-017-1579-3

Print ISSN

03038300

E-ISSN

15730921

Funding Information

This paper is based on research financed through Grant #746412 from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council. {746412}

Publisher Statement

Copyright © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017. Access to external full text or publisher's version may require subscription.

Full-text Version

Publisher’s Version

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Low, C.-T., Stimson, R., Chen, S., Cerin, E., Wong, P. P.-Y., & Lai, P.-C. (2017). Personal and neighbourhood indicators of quality of urban life: A case study of Hong Kong. Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11205-017-1579-3

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