Measuring residential satisfaction over time: results from a unique long-term study of a large housing estate

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Table 1. Surveys from 1979 to 2015 in the Leipzig-Grünau LHE.

Period		Inhabitants	Sample size	Response rate %
1	1979	16,000	310	94
2	1981	36,000	578	92
3	1983	60,000	346	92
4	1987	85,000	330	88
5	1992	78,000	415	85
6	1995	74,000	466	82
7	2000	61,000	560	83
8	2004	49,400	672	79
9	2009	45,400	710	80
10	2015	40,000	709	75

Figure 1. Feeling comfortable in the apartment and in the Leipzig-Grünau LHE 1979–2015 (Kabisch et al., 2016).

Table 2. Satisfaction with characteristics of the apartment (FC-apartment) and the estate (FC-estate) rated on a scale of 1 to 7, mean values (large values in bold, low values in italic, average values are not accentuated, sample sizes see in Tables 3 and 4); the socio-demographic characteristics and distribution of the sample within the three parts of the estate are shown in percentages.

	1987	1992	1995	2004	2009	2015	Total
Satisfaction with characteristics of the apartment
Size	5.38	5.03	5.16	6.09	5.99	5.73	5.65
Construction quality	4.61	3.27	3.40	5.26	5.13	4.74	4.52
Residential comfort	6.22	4.59	4.44	5.41	5.32	5.02	5.15
Apartment layout	5.52	4.48	4.56	5.64	5.58	5.48	5.28
Sound insulation	3.98	2.49	2.54	4.08	4.16	3.63	3.56
Satisfaction with characteristics of the estate
Shopping facilities	5.25	4.35	4.74	6.13	6.41	6.05	5.67
Playgrounds	3.93	3.35	3.63	4.80	5.14	4.91	4.47
Transport connections	4.96	5.04	5.35	6.27	6.52	6.27	5.90
Cleanliness	3.88	2.33	3.18	4.69	4.75	4.13	3.98
Safety		2.85	2.82	4.54	4.70	3.83	3.90
Younger persons	36.3%	19.5%	16.7%	12.1%	13.0%	16.6%	17.1%
Older persons	5.4%	22.9%	32.0%	52.2%	62.8%	64.9%	45.9%
Female gender	61.8%	53.3%	53.6%	55.3%	57.7%	58.6%	56.7%
University degree	21.0%	21.3%	19.2%	20.2%	24.6%	22.5%	21.7%
Eastern Grünau	28.0%	22.9%	30.2%	17.5%	19.6%	17.9%	21.5%
Central Grünau	25.8%	32.8%	39.9%	49.4%	45.8%	50.0%	42.9%
Western Grünau	46.2%	44.9%	30.6%	33.1%	34.6%	32.2%	36.5%

Table 3. ORs for the effects on FC-apartment.

	1987	1992	1995	2004	2009	2015	Total
Satisfaction with characteristics of the apartment
Size	1.514**	1.346**	1.272*	1.272*	1.182	0.874	1.186**
Construction quality	1.115	1.189	0.932	1.394**	1.431**	1.194	1.106*
Residential comfort	1.499*	1.387*	1.480**	1.210	1.716**	1.473**	1.541**
Apartment layout	0.969	1.199	1.134	1.106	1.000	1.072	1.083*
Sound insulation	1.059	1.250*	1.293*	1.237**	1.255**	1.309**	1.255**
Satisfaction with characteristics of the estate
Shopping facilities	0.893	0.987	1.091	1.072	0.903	1.137	0.967
Playgrounds	1.000	1.224*	1.107	0.975	0.928	1.028	1.004
Transport connections	0.947	0.896	0.885	0.847	1.003	0.853	0.858**
Cleanliness	1.132	0.716*	0.924	1.087	1.340**	1.144	1.002
Safety	ND	0.996	1.261*	1.064	0.910	0.888	ND
Socio-demographic structure and place of residence
Younger persons	0.652	0.768	1.183	0.797	1.138	0.832	1.057
Older persons	0.149*	1.195	2.484*	0.939	1.669	1.156	1.160
Female gender	0.749	1.124	0.788	0.957	1.382	0.773	0.943
University degree	0.674	0.441*	0.812	0.651	0.808	1.080	0.774*
Central Grünau	0.535	1.995	0.590	0.520*	0.992	0.878	0.643**
Western Grünau	0.905	1.041	0.249**	0.548	0.937	1.167	0.677*
N	298	222	260	366	415	396	1957
R^2 (Nagelkerke, 1991)	23.5%	35.1%	34.3%	32.4%	44.5%	31.7%	30.7%

The bold values represent statistical significance: *p < 0.1 and **p< 0.01; ND-not detectable; all OR are results of multivariate logistic regression.

Table 4. ORs for the effects on FC-estate.

	1987	1992	1995	2004	2009	2015	Total
Satisfaction with characteristics of the apartment
Size	0.991	1.268*	1.168	1.080	0.964	1.224*	1.112*
Construction quality	0.927	1.017	1.029	1.172	1.146	0.978	1.061
Residential comfort	1.240	1.418*	1.678**	0.876	1.444*	1.261*	1.220**
Apartment layout	1.020	0.907	0.970	1.368*	1.175	0.840	1.030
Sound insulation	1.213*	1.232*	1.128	1.268**	1.229**	1.265**	1.224**
Satisfaction with characteristics of the estate
Shopping facilities	1.125	0.939	1.215	1.278*	1.184	1.105	1.121**
Playgrounds	1.043	1.248*	1.145	1.204*	1.017	1.055	1.086*
Transport connections	1.156*	1.186	1.008	0.811	1.018	0.886	1.087*
Cleanliness	1.334**	0.809	1.222	1.228*	1.183	1.292**	1.299**
Safety	ND	1.129	1.077	1.481**	1.247*	1.174*	ND
Socio-demographic structure and place of residence
Younger persons	0.788	0.486*	0.605	1.594	0.804	0.715	0.792
Older persons	1.458	0.743	3.170**	0.964	2.182*	1.532	1.700**
Female gender	0.889	0.530*	1.027	1.369	1.379	1.271	1.129
University degree	1.030	0.529	0.541	1.651	1.343	1.049	1.006
Central Grünau	0.503*	2.127	1.084	0.207**	0.487*	0.563	0.700*
Western Grünau	0.644	1.395	0.460*	0.146**	0.593	0.507*	0.604**
N	299	223	260	369	415	393	1959
R^2 (Nagelkerke, 1991)	20.5%	27.1%	35.3%	42.1%	40.5%	28.2%	35.3%

The bold values represent statistical significance: *p < 0.1 and **p < 0.01; ND-not detectable; all OR are results of multivariate logistic regression.

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