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Living Conditions and Well-Being Using German Socio-Economic Panel

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Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research

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Aspiration spiral theory applied to Germany; House design and quality of life in Germany; House facilities; House size and quality of life in Germany; Housing conditions and quality of life in Germany; Housing costs theory; Housing environment and quality of life in Germany; Housing satisfaction in Germany

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The relationship between living conditions and well-being has usually been examined by determining how housing environment is associated with broad indicators of well-being. Broad indicators of well-being include not only subjective well-being but also mental health. In the literature on housing, subjective well-being has mainly been measured in terms of its cognitive components: satisfaction with life as a whole (hereafter, life satisfaction) and housing satisfaction, which is satisfaction with one of the specific domains of life (hereafter, domain satisfaction). Housing environment consists of several factors, such as type of house, house size, house condition,...

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  1. Department of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan

    Naoki Nakazato

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  1. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

    Alex C. Michalos

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    Alex C. Michalos

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Nakazato, N. (2014). Living Conditions and Well-Being Using German Socio-Economic Panel. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3777

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