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The Influence of Access to Urban Amenities on Urban Environment Satisfaction: A Case Study of Four New Towns in the Vicinity of Seoul, South Korea
Abstract   This research investigates how access to eight urban amenities impacts people ’s satisfaction with the urban environment in four new towns close to Seoul, the capital of South Korea. A Structural Equation Model (SEM) is used to analyze how the objective environment affects satisfaction with the urban environment through factors such as the perceived evaluation of the object ive environment. The findings indicate that having easy access to urban parks, schools, shopping facilities, medical service facilities, and sports facilities is linked to higher levels of satisfaction with the urban environment. While so...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - September 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Motherhood Dilemma and Gendered Well-being among Chinese Couples
AbstractThis research examines how a variety of factors, primarily parenthood and work, are associated with cognitive dimensions of gendered well-being in China. By using the World Value Survey Wave 7 data, we find that having children is valuable for Chinese women ’s happiness in the short term, but it is no longer a necessity for them to gain higher satisfaction with life over time. Welfare-wise, a single child appears to be preferable for women, regardless of birth caps. Occupational status matters more than fatherhood for husbands’ happiness, while wiv es’ employment and own well-being are negatively and insignif...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - September 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

One More Time, Does Money Buy Happiness?
AbstractThis paper integrates multiple positions on the relationship between money and well-being, commonly referred to as happiness. An aggregation of prior work appears to suggest that money does buy happiness, but not directly. Although many personal and situational characteristics do influence the relationship between money and happiness, most are moderating factors, which would not necessarily rule out a direct link. Here, we discuss the cognitive and affective elements within the formation of happiness, which we propose play a series of mediating roles, first cognition, then affect, between money and happiness. The p...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

What Constitutes Well-being? Five Views Among Adult People from the Netherlands on what is Important for a Good Life
This study explored conceptions of “a good life for you” among 1,477 adult people from the Netherlands by means of Q-methodology, based on a theoretical framework synthesizing the main theories of well-being. We find five distinct views on what people consider to be a good life for themselves: “Health and feeling well”, “He arth and home”, “Freedom and autonomy”, “Social relations and purpose” and “Individualism and independence”. While there is strong agreement with respect to the importance of feeling both physically and mentally well, the views diverge considerably regarding aspects such as socia...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - September 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Digital Inequality and Household Income Distribution: Evidence from Rural China
AbstractUtilizing the data from China Rural Revitalization Survey (CRRS), this study analyzes the impact of digital inequality on income distribution. The findings reveal that digital inequality has a significant negative effect on household income, with a more pronounced inhibitory effect on low-income households. Additionally, digital inequality widens income inequality within households, with a more significant negative effect on the middle-income group. The further analysis suggests that households do not passively respond to the impact of digital inequality but rather improve their livelihood diversity, particularly f...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - September 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

What Constitutes Well-being? Five Views Among Adult People from the Netherlands on what is Important for a Good Life
This study explored conceptions of “a good life for you” among 1,477 adult people from the Netherlands by means of Q-methodology, based on a theoretical framework synthesizing the main theories of well-being. We find five distinct views on what people consider to be a good life for themselves: “Health and feeling well”, “He arth and home”, “Freedom and autonomy”, “Social relations and purpose” and “Individualism and independence”. While there is strong agreement with respect to the importance of feeling both physically and mentally well, the views diverge considerably regarding aspects such as socia...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - September 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Digital Inequality and Household Income Distribution: Evidence from Rural China
AbstractUtilizing the data from China Rural Revitalization Survey (CRRS), this study analyzes the impact of digital inequality on income distribution. The findings reveal that digital inequality has a significant negative effect on household income, with a more pronounced inhibitory effect on low-income households. Additionally, digital inequality widens income inequality within households, with a more significant negative effect on the middle-income group. The further analysis suggests that households do not passively respond to the impact of digital inequality but rather improve their livelihood diversity, particularly f...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - September 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Parental Migration, Social Relationships, and Left-Behind Adolescents ’ Mental Health in Rural China: Examining Gender Differences
AbstractIt is commonly believed that there are gender differences in the mental health of children left behind in rural China. However, few studies have attempted to explain the gender differences in left-behind rural adolescents from the perspective of their social relationships. This paper analysed the relationship between parental migration arrangements and the gender difference in left-behind adolescents ’ mental health and examined how such associations vary according to social relationship. To do this, we used a two-level mixed-effects linear regression model and the propensity score matching method based on data f...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - September 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Gender Differences in Desired Alone Time Among Canadian Parents of Young Children
AbstractWe use the 2015 Canadian time use survey to analyze gender differences in desired alone time and the gender gap in parenting time for Canadian parents with at least one child under five years of age (N = 1120). Over half of mothers with young children report desiring more alone time compared to about one-third of fathers. For mothers, household work, parenting time, and market work are predictive of self-reporting desired alone time. Surprisingly, for fathers and mothers, the desire to have m ore alone time is not predicted by actual alone time. Compared to fathers, mothers with young children spend more time i...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - September 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research