Native and Immigrant Ghosts: Effects of Origin and local identity on residential satisfaction in the North (Translated by Webmaster)

• Main Author: Bjarnason, Þóroddur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: School of Social Sciences 2018
• Subjects: Íbúasamsetning; Staðarsamsemd; Búsetuánægja; Population composition; Place identity; Residential satisfaction; Akureyri; Reykjavík; Dalvík; Húsavík; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3784

Most communities in Iceland are characterised by substantial mobility and a high proportion of in-migrants. This study shows that less than half the adult population of Akureyri, Dalvík and Húsavík in Northern Iceland are born in the community and only 14% have never lived elsewhere. About half have lived in the Reykjavík capital area for a year or more, about a third elsewhere in Iceland and almost a quarter has lived abroad. Almost all inborn residents regard themselves as locals, about two out of three in-migrants who are raised in the community and about half of those who have lived there for more than ten years. Place identity is associated with residential satisfaction except among those who have lived in the community for five years or less. Binary logistic regression shows that residential satisfaction is associated with community, marital status, foreign background, age and employment that fits education. In-migrants who were raised in the community are significantly less satisfied with their residence, but generalised trust, solidarity with other residents and place identity are associated with greater residential satisfaction. The results suggest that community atmosphere and regional development can partly be determined by acceptance of all residents as locals. Flest byggdarlög á Íslandi einkennast af miklum hreyfanleika og háu hlutfalli adfluttra íbúa. Innan vid helmingur fullordinna íbúa Akureyrar, Dalvíkur og Húsavíkur eru innfædd og adeins um 14% íbúanna hafa aldrei búid annars stadar. Um helmingur teirra hefur búid í ár eda meira á höfudborgarsvædinu, um tridjungur annars stadar á Íslandi og nærri fjórdungur erlendis. Nærri allir innfæddir ibúar telja sig vera heimafólk, um tveir af hverjum tremur adfluttum sem ólust tar upp og um helmingur teirra sem tar hafa búid í meira en tíu ár. Flestir íbúarnir eru frekar eda mjög ánægdir med búsetu sína, en búsetuánægjan er mest medal adfluttra sem tar hafa búid í meira en tuttugu ár. Stadarsamsemd tengist búsetuánægju allra hópa nema teirra sem búid ...