Well-being in Finland: A comparison of municipalities and residential differentiation in two cities
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 problematic areas are in eastern and northern Finland. Second, resid...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:449938da00f5450c8a327dd15f602dbd 2023-05-15T17:42:22+02:00 Well-being in Finland: A comparison of municipalities and residential differentiation in two cities Seppo Siirilä Mari Vaattovaara Ville Viljanen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/449938da00f5450c8a327dd15f602dbd EN eng Geographical Society of Finland https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3772 https://doaj.org/toc/1798-5617 1798-5617 https://doaj.org/article/449938da00f5450c8a327dd15f602dbd Fennia: International Journal of Geography, Vol 180, Iss 1-2 (2002) Geography (General) G1-922 article 2002 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T08:39:47Z 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 problematic areas are in eastern and northern Finland. Second, residential differentiation 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 northern and eastern parts of the city. Such clear socio-economic differentiation cannot be found in Metropolitan Tampere. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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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 problematic areas are in eastern and northern Finland. Second, residential differentiation 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 northern and eastern parts of the city. Such clear socio-economic differentiation cannot be found in Metropolitan Tampere. |
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Seppo Siirilä Mari Vaattovaara Ville Viljanen |
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Seppo Siirilä Mari Vaattovaara Ville Viljanen |
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Seppo Siirilä |
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Well-being in Finland: A comparison of municipalities and residential differentiation in two cities |
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Well-being in Finland: A comparison of municipalities and residential differentiation in two cities |
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Well-being in Finland: A comparison of municipalities and residential differentiation in two cities |
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Well-being in Finland: A comparison of municipalities and residential differentiation in two cities |
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Well-being in Finland: A comparison of municipalities and residential differentiation in two cities |
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well-being in finland: a comparison of municipalities and residential differentiation in two cities |
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Geographical Society of Finland |
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2002 |
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Northern Finland |
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Fennia: International Journal of Geography, Vol 180, Iss 1-2 (2002) |
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