title: [(Dis)satisfaction with the municipal infrastructure. How do senior citizens evaluate their living conditions?].
abstract: In order to evaluate the perceived living conditions, i.e., satisfaction with the scope and quality of municipal infrastructure, from a senior citizen's perspective, a questionnaire, differentiating six areas and 39 sub-areas and the corresponding testing scales for satisfaction with the quality of life, was developed analogous to the grading system used in the German school system. This questionnaire is suitable for evaluative city walks and comparative analyses of the municipal infrastructure to gain indications of the quality and to identify or shape future infrastructure actions. In 2007/2008, the questionnaire was used by the local senior citizen's representatives in the federal states of Germany. The data obtained were condensed into indices of citizen satisfaction and factor analysis was performed. As a result, the 39 sub-areas could be reduced to 11 independent dimensions, which disclose general patterns of perceiving and evaluating the quality of municipal life.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Lebensmittel- und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Nussallee 21, 53115 , Bonn, Deutschland. piorkowsky@ilr.uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: M-B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Piorkowsky
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001107:Architectural Accessibility; D002958:City Planning; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004779:Environment Design; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires