Chapman N J, Beaudet M
J Gerontol. 1983 Mar;38(2):237-44. doi: 10.1093/geronj/38.2.237.
The influence of the physical and social environment on the well-being of a sample of 224 community-residing elderly adults is the focus of this study. Environmental predictors of well-being included house type, neighborhood quality, crime rate, age concentration at the block and census tract levels, distance to services and to city center, and social status of the neighborhood. These predictors were entered into five separate multiple linear regression analyses to determine the extent to which they explained the variance in five indicators of well-being: life satisfaction, activity level, social contacts, neighbor interaction, and neighborhood satisfaction. Personal characteristics of the respondents (sex, age, health, and social class) were controlled in these analyses. Well-being for this sample is associated with living in well-maintained neighborhoods that are primarily residential in character and that are located outside the center of the city.
本研究重点关注物理和社会环境对224名居住在社区的老年人幸福感的影响。幸福感的环境预测因素包括房屋类型、邻里质量、犯罪率、街区和普查区层面的年龄集中度、到服务设施和市中心的距离，以及邻里的社会地位。这些预测因素被纳入五项单独的多元线性回归分析，以确定它们在多大程度上解释了幸福感五个指标的方差：生活满意度、活动水平、社会交往、邻里互动和邻里满意度。在这些分析中，对受访者的个人特征（性别、年龄、健康状况和社会阶层）进行了控制。该样本的幸福感与居住在维护良好、主要为居住性质且位于市中心以外的社区有关。
