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datestamp: 2022-02-16 13:28:45
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Reitsma, Tineke
creators_id: S3810399
creators_email: t.reitsma.4@student.rug.nl
title: Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing in Urban and Rural Areas in the UK
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: When studying subjective wellbeing in urban and rural areas, it is known that the level of subjective 
wellbeing usually differs between urban and rural areas. In this research, it is studied to what extent the determinants of subjective wellbeing differ between urban and rural areas. Additionally, it is studied whether the determinants of subjective wellbeing differ when one earns below or above the country’s median income. Individual respondent data from UK’s Understanding Society survey is used in a Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), where the effect of several explanatory variables on subjective wellbeing is studied. The result is that income plays a significant role in determining subjective wellbeing in urban areas, whereas it has no effect in rural areas. Furthermore, level of education is only significantly impacting subjective wellbeing when income is below median income, regardless one lives in an urban or rural area. The same is true for being unemployed: only when earning below median income, being unemployed is negatively affecting subjective wellbeing. Lastly, general health is a main determinant for subjective wellbeing, no matter whether one lives in an urban or rural area, or if one earns below or above median income.
date: 2022
pages: 25
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Ballas, D.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: D.Ballas@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Subjective wellbeing
keywords_local: Happiness
keywords_local: Multiple Linear Regression
keywords_local: UK
keywords_local: Understanding Society
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2022-02-14
citation:   Reitsma, Tineke  (2022) Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing in Urban and Rural Areas in the UK.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3776/1/Tineke%20Reitsma%20S3810399.%20Research%20Step%207%20-%20Final%20Version%20of%20Bachelor%20Thesis.pdf