relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4366/
title: Analysing Proximity Bias
creator: Wattum, Niek van
description: This paper touches upon the first law of geography, by studying how an individual’s current place of residence and environment play a role in the perception of liveability elsewhere. The distance between the place of residence and the urbanisation degree of the current place of residence are the key variables of interest in attempting to explain the perceived liveability patterns. For this study the region of Groningen is used as a case study to explore the perceived liveability by individuals all over the Netherlands for the region of Groningen. By performing an ordered logistic regression and an OLS regression, a uniquely comprehensive dataset with documented opinions about liveability of the region of Groningen (N=4,579), is analysed. Results show that a higher urbanisation degree of current place of residence, negatively impacts the perception of liveability elsewhere. Additionally, the more distance between the region of Groningen and the individuals place of residence, the less positive this individual’s perception of liveability for the region of Groningen is. These findings may inform policy makers in their marketing strategies to attract more households to move towards the region of Groningen to mitigated predicted population declines in the region of Groningen.
date: 2023
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4366/1/Master%20Thesis%20Analsying%20proximity%20Bias%20-%20N%20van%20Wattum%20.pdf
identifier:   Wattum, Niek van  (2023) Analysing Proximity Bias.  Master thesis.