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The article presents the theoretical contextand the elements that underlie the developmentof the community well-being questionnaire. Italso discusses the reliability and validity ofthe questionnaire's scales by presentingresults from two studies carried out in urbanareas in the U.K., Ireland and Greece. Thescales assess satisfaction with the builtenvironment, environmental quality and services and facilities. They also measure personal safety, informal interaction,community spirit, income sufficiency, decisionmaking process and place attachment. Analysesshowed that they have high internal and goodtest-retest reliability. They also performwell, when subjected to factorial validity andconstruct validity assessments.
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Christakopoulou, S., Dawson, J. & Gari, A. The Community Well-Being Questionnaire: Theoretical Context and Initial Assessment of Its Reliability and Validity. Social Indicators Research 56, 319–349 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012478207457
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