Rural dimensions of place-community experience and well-being
Date
2007
Authors
Hungerford, Lisa R.
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
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Publisher
Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2007
Abstract
Building upon the ideas of decoupling and convergence, this thesis explores the
structure of place-based community experience and levels of well-being for rural
residents in southern Alberta. The research objectives are to: 1) measure and identify the experiential character of rural communities within the Behavioral, Cognitive and Affective Domains of community social life, and to understand the structure and
complexity of this experience; 2) assess the aggregate differences in the intensity of these experiential structures by degree of rurality as represented by Metropolitan Influenced Zones (MIZs); and 3) model the extent to which these dimensions may account for differences in well-being. Sixteen unique dimensions of variation in rural community
experience are identified – partially supporting convergence – and almost no differences are found in the intensity of these dimensions by degree of rurality (MIZs). The findings show a subset of experiential dimensions to be significant predictors of well-being in rural people.
Description
x, 164 leaves ; 29 cm.
Keywords
Dissertations, Academic , Sociology, Rural -- Alberta, Southern , Rural geography -- Alberta, Southern , Well-being -- Alberta, Southern , Rural conditions -- Alberta, Southern