The Korean Journal of Health Service Management (보건의료산업학회지)

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The Study on the Relationship between Local Residents' Perception of a Health-Cities and Personal Happiness

건강도시 인식정도와 개인행복지수의 관계

  • Nam, Hee-Eun (Department of Social Welfare, Kosin University) ;
  • Lee, Mi-Ran (Department of Social Welfare, Kosin University) ;
  • Kim, Hye-Sook (Department of Health Administration. Dongseo University)
  • 남희은 (고신대학교 사회복지학과) ;
  • 이미란 (고신대학교 사회복지학과) ;
  • 김혜숙 (동서대학교 보건행정학과)
  • Received : 2014.02.10
  • Accepted : 2014.05.20
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

This study analyzed individual happiness exponent according to local residents' perception degree of Health-Cities. The data, which is accumulated by the survey on relationship between happiness and perception degree of Health-Cities targeting 662 of local residents living in Y-gu in Busan, were analyzed using PASW 18.0. The results are as follows. To begin with, the results of Correlation Analysis on the relation between happiness index and cognition degree of Health-Cites indicate that the higher perception of Health-Cities'facilities, administrations, services, education, health environment and transportation the local residents have, the lower individual happiness index they acquired. The cognition degree of transportation has effects on local society and daily life; the cognition degree of facilities and businesses has impact on financial stability. The cognition degree of administrations has influence on psychological relaxation, services have meaningful effects on psychological stability, work and residence, education have statistically meaningful effects on psychological stability, families and marriage, individual human relationships in respect.

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