Subjective well-being and urbanization in Egypt

被引:4
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作者
Mikhaeil, Ebshoy [1 ]
Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam [2 ]
Valente, Rubia R. [3 ]
机构
[1] Rutgers State Univ, 401 Cooper St, Camden, NJ 08102 USA
[2] Rutgers State Univ, 321 Cooper St,Room 302, Camden, NJ 08012 USA
[3] City Univ New York, Baruch Coll, 135 East 22nd St,422, New York, NY 10010 USA
关键词
Subjective well-being; Life satisfaction; Happiness; Urbanization; Rural; Urban; Egypt; Cairo; URBAN-GROWTH; CITY LIFE; ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; CURRENT TRENDS; HAPPINESS; SATISFACTION; DISSATISFACTION; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1016/j.cities.2024.104804
中图分类号
TU98 [区域规划、城乡规划];
学科分类号
0814 ; 082803 ; 0833 ;
摘要
World Values Survey data is used to test the association between urbanization, operationalized as population size, and subjective well-being, operationalized as life satisfaction, in the case of Egypt. Regression results show that the smallest settlements have the highest positive effect on subjective well-being compared to the large urban centers. These results are persistent even after controlling for an extensive set of socio-demographic variables. Another important finding is that the two main urban and economic centers of the country, the Greater Cairo and Alexandria regions, generate lower subjective well-being when compared to the more rural regions (Lower and Upper Egypt). These results are both unexpected and compelling, especially in the context of a developing country such as Egypt-previous research argues that cities should generate higher subjective wellbeing when compared to rural and township settlements in such a context. Our empirical findings show otherwise and provide a novel and crucial contribution to the literature on the subjective wellbeing- urbanization nexus.
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