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datestamp: 2024-03-18 12:13:55
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Hutzezon, M
creators_id: S3824098
creators_email: marieke@mhutzezon.nl
title: Help! No bus to get to the supermarket: The relationship between perceived liveability and accessibility for older people in Groningen and Drenthe
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Currently, in Dutch politics, in the media, and in research, the disappearing amenities in the rural parts of the Netherlands are frequently discussed. Often they associate the disappearing amenities with a decrease in perceived neighborhood livability. However, previous research has shown that this relationship is not as linear as they make it appear (Weijer, 2011). The disappearing amenities are a problem for older people because they are a segment of the population vulnerable to this issue due to declining mobility. Previous research has shown that if older people perceive their liveability and accessibility as low, it negatively affects their autonomy, life quality, and health status and could lead to social vulnerability (Moor et al., 2022; Andrew et al., 2012). Therefore this research aims at understanding the relationship between perceived liveability and perceived accessibility to amenities in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. This research used an ordinal regression model in SPSS and used 2861 answers from a citizen panel. 
The results show a significant negative relationship which means older people who experience problems with accessing amenities are more likely to think negatively about their liveability than older people who do not experience problems accessing amenities. This could partially be explained by the actual disappearing amenities but possibly also by the disappearing place where older people have social interactions. Income was found to have the most negative influence on this relationship. 
Future research should focus on fully understanding the importance of amenities that also hold a social function and their relationship with perceived liveability for older people.
date: 2023
pages: 37
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: POPST
tutors_name: Meijering, L.B.
tutors_name: Sattari Najafabadi, Z.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_email: L.B.Meijering@rug.nl
tutors_email: Z.Sattari.Najafabadi@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Perceived liveability
keywords_local: Perceived accessibility
keywords_local: Population decline
keywords_local: Decline in amenities
keywords_local: Population aging
keywords_local: Groningen
keywords_local: Drenthe
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-03-10
citation:   Hutzezon, M  (2023) Help! No bus to get to the supermarket: The relationship between perceived liveability and accessibility for older people in Groningen and Drenthe.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4485/1/Help%21%20No%20bus%20to%20get%20to%20the%20supermarket_%20The%20relationship%20between%20perceived%20liveability%20and%20accessibility%20for%20older%20people%20in%20Groningen%20and%20Drenthe.docx.pdf