Abstract

With reference to the residential survey data provided by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics of the Executive Yuan, this study investigates the influence of public facilities and environmental quality on residential satisfaction in the Greater Taipei area. First, in-house environment, convenience, sports and leisure, security, environmental quality and house defects are extracted through factor analysis. Second, factors affecting residential satisfaction are used to create two regression models. The results show that in-house environment, security, sports and leisure, and environmental quality have a significant effect on residential satisfaction. Finally, analysis models of random variance and covariance of single factors indicate that the average residential satisfaction levels of the various villages and towns are significantly different. However, after controlling for satisfaction with the individual variables including in-house environment, convenience, sports and leisure, security, and environment quality, the average residential satisfaction of villages and towns is not significantly different. This finding proves that the above variables indeed represent the important factors that influence overall residential satisfaction.

Key words: Public facilities, environmental quality, residential satisfaction.