eprintid: 3739
rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2021-10-26 06:40:26
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Zijlstra, A.H.
creators_id: S4530381
creators_email: a.h.zijlstra@student.rug.nl
title: The physical attraction of Dutch neighbourhoods: A  reason to move or not? A Binary regression analysis on the relationship between physical characteristics of Dutch  neighbourhoods and the wish to move
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full_text_status: public
abstract: This paper aims to investigate the extent to which physical characteristics of neighbourhoods 
impact the wish to move to the Netherlands. Therefore, the following research question was 
formulated: To what extent do the physical characteristics of Dutch neighbourhoods impact 
the wish to move among households in the Netherlands? The Dutch have become more firmly 
about their housing preferences in the last few years. Moreover, housing satisfaction has 
decreased in the largest cities in the Netherlands, resulting in a higher wish to move among 
Dutch households. Hence, the physical appearance of a neighbourhood and the living 
environment has gotten more attention among buyers in relocation decisions. A binary 
regression analysis was performed to examine this relationship, using the woOn-survey 2018 
from CBS, a large dataset consisting of statistical data on the housing situation of the Dutch 
population. The most important results indicated that the buildings' maintenance level and 
physical attraction had a crucial explanatory power on the wish to move. However, 
contradictive of the expectations, urban density proved no significance in explaining the wish 
to move. Further, socio-demographic and housing characteristics also proved to be closely 
associated with the wish to move. This paper concludes that, in line with the existing 
literature, the relationship between objective physical characteristics of the neighbourhood in 
regard and the wish to move is significant. However, there are many more factors to consider 
in predicting relocation decisions. Therefore, there might be room for future research on the 
neighbourhood's subjective physical characteristics to expand the academic knowledge on the 
wish to move.
date: 2021
pages: 22
thesis_type: pre_master
degree_programme: VG
tutors_name: Liu, X.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: Xiaolong.Liu@rug.nl
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keywords_local: elocation decisions
keywords_local: neighbourhood
keywords_local: neighbourhood characteristics
keywords_local: physical characteristics
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-10-24
citation:   Zijlstra, A.H.  (2021) The physical attraction of Dutch neighbourhoods: A reason to move or not? A Binary regression analysis on the relationship between physical characteristics of Dutch neighbourhoods and the wish to move.  Pre-master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3739/1/Bachelor%20thesis%20-%20Lena%20Zijlstra.pdf