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.
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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.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Population Studies |
| Supervisor: | Meijering, L.B. and Sattari Najafabadi, Z. |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2024 12:13 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2024 12:13 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4485 |
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