Effective Factors on Youth Satisfaction from Public Urban Spaces in Tehran

Abstract

The present research aims to study youth satisfaction from public urban environments and to identify the factors effective on youth satisfaction. The main question of the research is: What factors can affect youth satisfaction from public urban environments? This research has been performed by analytical–descriptive method. The statistical population consists of all youngsters in the age group of 13–17 years old in the city of Tehran, which was selected based on systematic random sampling method with a size of 333 persons. Based on the research findings, there is a significant relationship between the four variables of research, that is, “Service Access,” “Social Security,” “Dwelling Record,” and the secondary variable of “Physical Specifications of Dwelling Place” with dependent variable of “Youth Satisfaction” (p < 0.01). Only the variable of “Socio-Economic Origin” did not have any significant relationship, and was rejected. Youth satisfaction from public environment in the area under study was estimated in a lower threshold (5 > 2.82 > 1 with theoretical equal to 3). Moreover, the variable of “Service Access” with causative effect of 0.396 has the highest correlation with youth satisfaction from the neighborhood.

KEYWORDS:

• public urban environment
• quality of life
• satisfaction
• youth and child friendly city