Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Health Place. 2024 Sep;89:103282. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103282. Epub 2024 Jun 4.
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.
宜居性，或一个地方及其系统（例如住房、交通）如何支持过上宜居生活的能力，是健康的决定因素。美国缺乏评估宜居性的标准、经过验证的衡量标准。本研究利用 DataHaven 社区幸福感调查（DCWS）的数据（n=32262），采用因子分析方法在康涅狄格州创建宜居性衡量标准。结果发现，安全性、机会和基础设施的 3 因素模型是最佳拟合，解释了调查项目中 69%的差异。新创建的宜居性衡量标准具有较高的内部一致性，并且与其他区域层面的衡量标准具有较高的收敛有效性。
