Open AccessDeterminants of the quality of life in municipalities of Kielce district
Author(s) -
Katarzyna Brzozowska–Rup,
Roksana CZAJA,
Agnieszka Piotrowska–Piątek
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zeszyty naukowe - politechnika śląska. organizacja i zarządzanie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1641-3466
DOI - 10.29119/1641-3466.2020.146.2
Subject(s) - logistic regression , statistics , regression analysis , quality (philosophy) , estimation , econometrics , originality , geography , mathematics , engineering , sociology , social science , qualitative research , philosophy , systems engineering , epistemology
Purpose: Identifying the factors that significantly affect the quality of life of the residents of 11 municipalities of the Kielce poviat based on a synthetic indicator. 12 Design/methodology/approach: The method used in the paper is create a synthetic indicator 13 designed using a taxonomic method and the estimation of the logistic regression model. 14 Data of the Central Statistical Office concerning the years 2014-2018 were used in the 15 calculations. 16 Findings: The obtained values of the TMR (Total Material Requirement) indicator suggest that 17 in the Kielce poviat the quality of life of the residents of individual municipalities is very 18 diverse. At the same time, a common positive tendency is observed, manifested in the trend 19 indicating an improvement in the quality of life in each of the municipalities in the examined 20 period. The constructed indicator was used to estimate the regression model for cross-sectional 21 data from 2018. 22 Originality/value: The estimated models allowed to formulate conclusions concerning the 23 impact of particular exp