Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2017, 65(4), 1425-1433 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201765041425

The Impact of the Housing Quality on the Socio-Economic Standard of the EU Countries

Daniela Špirková1, Beata Stehlíková2, Mária Zúbková2
1 Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Institute of Management, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Vazovova 5, 812 43 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

The paper deals with the qualitative characteristics of the housing in the EU countries. On the one hand there is a problem with housing itself and on the other hand there is a problem with the housing quality with its significant impact on the quality of life. The housing quality is defined by the attributes mentioned in the EQLS survey. The examined characters are the dwelling stock, the space problem, the rot problem, the damp problem, the toilet problem, the bath problem, the garden problem, the rent problem, the utility problem and the heating problem. The housing quality is affected by the public expenses on the housing and the community amenities per capita. The relations between the qualitative characteristics mutually and the qualitative characteristics and the public expenditures on the housing and the community amenities are examined by the correlation and regression analysis. The aim of the article is to point out to the dependence between the expenses and the housing quality in the EU countries. The mentioned relation strongly implicates the socio-economic standard of these countries.

Keywords: housing quality, qualitative characteristics, EU, correlation and regression analysis
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This paper was supported by The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Prague, Czech Republic: LD - COST CZ, project: LD15065 titled Gender dimension of active ageing implementation in the Czech private and public sector in comparison with western countries.

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Špirková, D., Stehlíková, B., & Zúbková, M. (2017). The Impact of the Housing Quality on the Socio-Economic Standard of the EU Countries. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 65(4), 1425-1433. doi: 10.11118/actaun201765041425
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