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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hous Built Environ. 2022 Jan 7;37(4):1789–1815. doi: 10.1007/s10901-021-09921-1

Table 2:

Summary of dependent and independent variables by country

UK Ireland Denmark Sweden Belgium Netherlands Austria Germany Switzerland France Italy Spain Portugal Greece
Life Satisfaction 7.5 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.2 7.9 7.1 6.9 7.3 6.6 6.3
Objective Housing Cost Burden 20.7% 14.7% 23.0% 19.2% 18.0% 20.3% 15.8% 22.4% 19.6% 15.5% 12.9% 15.0% 13.7% 27.2%
Heavy Subjective Housing Cost Burden 15.0% 24.8% 8.0% 7.6% 27.5% 9.8% 11.8% 13.0% 24.8% 23.6% 45.0% 48.6% 26.4% 49.9%
Homeowners 64.9% 71.5% 52.9% 57.9% 50.9% 57.7% 45.5% 42.8% 37.7% 63.5% 71.3% 65.4% 73.3% 72.3%
Median Income (Euros) 37,100 43,190 64,641 60,668 40,606 49,298 47,757 39,892 99,096 42,093 32,314 27,743 17,671 16,787
Age 53.7 53.5 51.8 50.8 54.6 52.4 54.5 54.1 53.7 55.0 58.4 55.8 57.8 58.0
Sex 49.9% 55.3% 52.1% 50.0% 34.8% 50.4% 43.9% 39.6% 40.1% 52.2% 35.5% 39.5% 35.7% 28.4%
Post-Secondary Education 55.1% 54.7% 78.7% 47.2% 71.5% 46.6% 41.2% 43.6% 86.7% 71.4% 17.3% 33.4% 20.7% 34.4%
Employed 58.4% 55.9% 51.2% 54.2% 53.0% 57.9% 53.7% 55.4% 61.3% 50.4% 53.5% 51.2% 52.8% 44.5%
Married 56.7% 59.0% 45.0% 46.1% 56.6% 56.9% 55.6% 50.7% 55.0% 57.6% 56.9% 61.8% 65.8% 63.8%
Household Size 2.3 2.6 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6
Good or Very Good Health 90.7% 96.0% 90.8% 93.1% 89.0% 94.0% 89.5% 90.3% 94.4% 90.5% 91.2% 91.5% 82.0% 87.8%
Low Degree of Urbanization 12.8% 40.9% 32.3% 19.7% 16.9% 0.0% 34.8% 15.9% 16.6% 32.6% 24.3% 25.7% 26.2% 29.3%
N 17,113 4,382 5,545 5,754 4,384 12,492 5,466 12,892 6,680 10,424 21,173 11,863 13,342 24,305