Friendly Residential Environments and Subjective Well-Being in Older People with and without Help Needs

María Ángeles Molina-Martínez (), Sara Marsillas, María Sánchez-Román and Elena del Barrio
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María Ángeles Molina-Martínez: Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Sara Marsillas: Matia Institute of Gerontology, 28020 Madrid, Spain
María Sánchez-Román: ENCAGEn-CM R&D Programme, Research Group on Ageing (GIE-CSIC), Institute of Economics, Geography and Demography (IEGD-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 28037 Madrid, Spain
Elena del Barrio: Matia Institute of Gerontology, 28020 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-14

Abstract: Previous studies have shown that friendly environments are associated with well-being and higher quality of life in older people. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between friendly environments and subjective well-being by segmenting the population according to the need for help in performing activities of daily living (ADLs) in a representative sample of people over 55 years of age in the Basque Country (Spain) (n = 2760). To determine the predictive power of friendliness on subjective well-being, two separate linear regression models were obtained according to the need for help in ADLs. The results obtained show a greater explanatory power of the model in the case of people who required help. However, in the case of people who do not need help, subjective health had a greater weight in the predictions. This paper’s findings support the greater importance of the characteristics of the physical and social environment, as people’s functional status worsens, with friendliness being an explanatory factor for people’s well-being as they age and their dependency increases.

Keywords: age-friendly cities; well-being; need of help; older people (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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