Wellbeing and place: Nature vs city

Citation

Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam (2014). Wellbeing and place: Nature vs city. 2014 Add Health Users Conference. Bethesda, MD.

Abstract

I study the effect of urban and natural environment on subjective wellbeing. Urban environment is measured with a survey question about size (population) of a place, but I also plan to use ecological or environmental data about socio-demographic characteristics of the place. Subjective wellbeing is measured either with happiness/life satisfaction item or a depression scale (depending on the wave), but I also plan to use other variables capturing mental health or wellbeing. I expect to find that people are most happy in small, natural areas and least happy in the biggest cities. This is the finding in the extant literature, but I am not familiar with any studies using Add Health or any other panel data to investigate this relationship. I will use a longitudinal design and possibly a multilevel model.

URL

https://addhealth.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/docs/events/20140613_Add_Health_Users_Conference_Abstracts.pdf

Reference Type

Conference proceeding

Book Title

2014 Add Health Users Conference

Author(s)

Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam

Year Published

2014

City of Publication

Bethesda, MD

Reference ID

6213