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Development and validation of statewide survey-based measures of livability in Connecticut
Health & place, v 89, 103282
Sep 2024
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Abstract
Livability, or how a place and its systems (e.g., housing, transportation) supports the ability to lead a livable life, is a determinant of health. There is a lack of standard, validated measures to assess livability in the US. This study employed factor analytic methods to create measures of livability in Connecticut using data from the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey (DCWS) (n = 32,262). Results identified a 3-factor model (safety, opportunity, and infrastructure) as the best fit, explaining 69% of the variance in survey items. Newly created livability measures had high internal consistency, in addition to high convergent validity with other area-level measures.
•Livability is a complex construct, measurable at the community scale.•Livability-related survey items can be combined in composite measures estimating people’s perceptions of where they live.•Factor analysis of livability-related survey items identifies 3 salient domains: safety, opportunity, and infrastructure.•Composite livability measures are well-aligned with other area-level indices (e.g., racial residential segregation).
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- Title
- Development and validation of statewide survey-based measures of livability in Connecticut
- Creators
- Nishita Dsouza - Drexel UniversityAmy Carroll-Scott - Drexel UniversityUsama Bilal - Drexel UniversityIrene E. Headen - Drexel UniversityHarrison Quick - Drexel UniversityRodrigo Reis - Washington University in St. LouisMark Abraham - DataHaven, New Haven, CT, USAAna P. Martinez-Donate - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Health & place, v 89, 103282
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001249896600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85195096872
- Other Identifier
- 991021887015004721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health