Determinants of residential satisfaction in urban China: A multi-group structural equation analysis

Urban Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1407-1425

  Ren, Honghao ^a   Folmer, Henk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

interregional disparities; latent variable; multi group structural equation model; residential satisfaction; urban China

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; EQUATION; HOMEOWNERSHIP; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA;

EID: 85016253134     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015627112     Document Type: Article

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