TY - UNPB UR - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3262/ TI - To what extent do living conditions influence the happiness of students living in the city of Groningen M1 - bachelor AV - public Y1 - 2020/// EP - 30 ID - theses_frw3262 N2 - This research analyses the influence of living conditions on the happiness of students living in the city of Groningen. It is important to know what aspects of living conditions are making students happy. This to use it as feedback and feedforward for, for example, housing corporations. In this research, housing characteristic, social interactions with housemates and noise levels are taken into account. The research question is as follows: To what extent do living conditions influence the happiness of students living in student housing in the city of Groningen? To answer this question a survey was set up and distributed amongst students living in the city of Groningen. To analyze the results of the survey a geographical analyses and a statistical analyses were done. Happiness patterns within variables were also looked into. Looking at the results, it can be said that housing characteristics has no influence on happiness. On the other hand noise levels has a positive impact on happiness and amount of social interaction with housemates has a very small negative impact on the happiness of students living in the city of Groningen. A1 - Onvlee, Lizzy ER -