Application of selected synthetic measures in the assessment of the level of satisfied housing needs in Poland
Application of selected synthetic measures in the assessment of the level of satisfied housing needs in Poland

Summary/Abstract: In the article the authors propose the application of synthetic measures to assess the level of satisfied housing needs. They have proven that the methods of multi-dimensional statistics, helpful in determining the synthetic measures, are particularly useful in the analysis of the spatial diversification of housing needs. Due to their structure, the synthetic measures make it possible to rank objects in terms of the level of a multi-attribute phenomenon. In this article, the authors propose to apply Hellwig’s measure of growth, the synthetic measure by Strahl and the relevant measure of growth by Cieślak to assess the level of satisfied housing needs in Poland in 2012. The objects of interest were voivodships. The selected measures brought similar classification results, and the choice of particular method did not significantly affect the ranking order of the voivodships in terms of their level of satisfied housing needs.

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