THE POWER OF THE PLACE WE LIVE: WHAT ROLES DO HOME AND THE COMMUNITY PLAY IN WELLBEING?
THE POWER OF THE PLACE WE LIVE: WHAT ROLES DO HOME AND THE COMMUNITY PLAY IN WELLBEING?

Summary/Abstract: The place where we live has a significant impact on the way we live, feel and assess our lives. Housing conditions, the characteristics of the neighborhood around the dwelling or of the community, and commuting conditions have a relationship with the multidimensional construct of well-being. This paper examines the roles that home and the community play in well-being. Background literature on quality of life, wellbeing and its domains and the role of the place where we live is interpreted in the paper. The empirical analysis aims to describe the relationships between home and wellbeing and the community and well-being. The quantitative method used to conduct this investigation included a representative survey in Hungary. Our results confirm previous research findings in many areas (weak or moderate significant relationships between some sociodemographic and other often-examined well-being domains and well-being) and identify weak and positive significant relationships between home and well-being and the community and well-being. The overall well-being of the Hungarian population is significantly influenced by their attachment to their community.

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