The elderly is a vulnerable group towards the conditions of the residential environment, both in urban or rural areas, in relation to the changes caused in its competence and functioning level during the ageing process. The objective of the paper is to assess the quality of the residential environment taking into account both, the private or inner space (housing) and the outer residential or public space, under the hypothesis of relevant differences in the quality of residential environment due to socio-demographic factors and size of residence. The Spanish Population and Housing Census of 2001 is used as data source, and allows to study this situation from the objective-subjective perspective. Variables on sociodemographic characteristics of non-institutionalised individuals aged 65 years old and over, according to the size of the municipality (rural, intermediate and urban areas), housing and equipment characteristics, and perceived residential satisfaction are used to approach the aim of the research. Multivariate statistical techniques (as Factor, Cluster, Discriminant and Multiple Correspondence Analysis), are applied to identify the socio-demographic and residential differences under the methodological framework of residential satisfaction as an attribute of Quality of Life of the elderly.

La versión completa en español se encuentra en: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/6413

El artículo está sujeto a una licencia CC BY-NC 4.0

Peer reviewed