TY - JOUR
T1 - WELL-BEING IN THE NETHERLANDS
T2 - A SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE
AU - Pellenbarg, Piet H.
AU - Van Steen, Paul J. M.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Both scientists and politicians increasingly emphasise the importance of well-being as an indicator for economic performance, next to purely financial indicators such as national income and product accounts. There is an ongoing discussion about the most appropriate indicators to measure well-being. In this paper we use the set of eight life situation indicators used by the Netherlands Institute for Social Research, and concentrate on the regional dimension of well-being, by comparing the spatial variation in well-being in the Netherlands with the spatial patterns of the separate life situation indicators, that have been shown in this years' series of The Netherlands in Maps, in the successive issues of TESG's 2011 volume. We conclude that the highest levels of life satisfaction are reported for regions where the levels of good health and home ownership are high.
AB - Both scientists and politicians increasingly emphasise the importance of well-being as an indicator for economic performance, next to purely financial indicators such as national income and product accounts. There is an ongoing discussion about the most appropriate indicators to measure well-being. In this paper we use the set of eight life situation indicators used by the Netherlands Institute for Social Research, and concentrate on the regional dimension of well-being, by comparing the spatial variation in well-being in the Netherlands with the spatial patterns of the separate life situation indicators, that have been shown in this years' series of The Netherlands in Maps, in the successive issues of TESG's 2011 volume. We conclude that the highest levels of life satisfaction are reported for regions where the levels of good health and home ownership are high.
KW - Well-being
KW - life situation
KW - quality of life
KW - happiness
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2011.00692.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2011.00692.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0040-747X
VL - 102
SP - 622
EP - 629
JO - Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
JF - Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
IS - 5
ER -