Does Residents’ Satisfaction with the Neighbourhood Environment Relate to Residents’ Self-Rated Health? Evidence from Beijing

Yiyi Chen, Mark Stephens and Colin A. Jones
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Yiyi Chen: The Urban institute, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
Mark Stephens: The Urban institute, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
Colin A. Jones: The Urban institute, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-15

Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the association between satisfaction with two types of green space and residents’ self-rated health by comparing neighbourhood green space (NGS) and community green space (CGS) across spatial dimensions. Method: This study was based on 4291 workers from a large-scale individual survey of inhabitants of Beijing city in 2013. Multilevel ordered logistic regression analysis was used to examine the associations between residents’ satisfaction with the two types of green spaces and residents’ self-rated health. Results: Residents who are more satisfied with NGS and CGS have higher odds of reporting good self-rated health outcomes. Such effects are more pronounced for residents living close to NGS and tend to decline non-linearly over space. Conclusion: Additional results quantify the differentiated effects on self-rated health between urban and suburban residents. The findings of this study suggest that the effects of residents’ satisfaction with different types of green space on health benefits should be taken into account in the land-use design of green space preservation and development policies.

Keywords: self-rated health; neighbourhood green space; community green space (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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