Well-being in Finland: A comparison of municipalities and residential differentiation in two cities

• Main Authors: Seppo Siirilä, Mari Vaattovaara, Ville Viljanen, Well-being Finl
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1032.1367; http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/fennia/article/download/3772/3563/

A comparison of municipalities and residential differentiation in two cities. Fennia 180: 1–2, pp. 141–149. Helsinki. ISSN 0015-0010. Differences in well-being are examined at two regional levels. First, variations in well-being are studied based on municipal statistics by three indices that represent different aspects of life. The examination shows that the most prob-lematic areas are in eastern and northern Finland. Second, residential differ-entiation is examined in two metropolitan areas, Helsinki and Tampere, through two variables: families with children and residents with university education. Metropolitan Helsinki is divided into socially distinctive residential areas. Low levels of education and the threat of unemployment concentrate in the north-ern and eastern parts of the city. Such clear socio-economic differentiation cannot be found in Metropolitan Tampere.