naa a22 4500 510741967 CHVBK 20180411083031.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11482-012-9194-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11482-012-9194-6 Urban-Rural Variation in Satisfaction with Life: Demographic, Health, and Geographic Predictors in Halifax, Canada [Elektronische Daten] [Hugh Millward, Jamie Spinney] This paper examines how satisfaction with life (SWL) varies in four zones of the urban-rural continuum, for 1,971 residents of the county-sized municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It also examines whether the predictors of SWL themselves vary by rural-urban. Data are from the STAR project, which is an innovative GPS-assisted time diary survey. ‘Global' SWL varies significantly by urban-rural zones, being highest in the inner city (IC), and lowest in the outer commuter belt (OCB). Self-rated health is a significant bivariate correlate, as are age, whether married, household size, and household income (all of which vary significantly by U-R zones). Several geographic variables co-vary significantly with SWL, particularly community belonging (strong in IC, weak in OCB), unsafe after dark (worst in IC, best in OCB), and commuting time (least in IC, most in OCB). A regional multivariate model yielded significant predictors related to physical health, mental health, and community geography, but excluded socio-demographic variables. Separate models for each urban-rural zone showed that SWL is more predictable at the zonal level than for the region as a whole, and the predictors vary considerably by zone. Physical health is an important predictor in the inner city and suburbs, unsafe after dark is significant only in the suburbs, and travel-related variables are very important in the inner commuter belt. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht and The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS), 2012 Life satisfaction nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence Urban nationallicence Suburban nationallicence Rural nationallicence Community nationallicence Millward Hugh Department of Geography, Saint Mary's University, B3H 3C3, Halifax, NS, Canada aut Spinney Jamie Department of Geography, Saint Mary's University, B3H 3C3, Halifax, NS, Canada aut Applied Research in Quality of Life Springer Netherlands 8/3(2013-09-01), 279-297 1871-2584 8:3<279 2013 8 11482 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-012-9194-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-012-9194-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Millward Hugh Department of Geography, Saint Mary's University, B3H 3C3, Halifax, NS, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Spinney Jamie Department of Geography, Saint Mary's University, B3H 3C3, Halifax, NS, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Research in Quality of Life Springer Netherlands 8/3(2013-09-01), 279-297 1871-2584 8:3<279 2013 8 11482 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer