Housing Conditions of the Population in the European Union Countries Cover Image

Warunki mieszkaniowe ludności w krajach Unii Europejskiej
Housing Conditions of the Population in the European Union Countries

Author(s): Cezary Kozera, Agnieszka Kozera
Subject(s): Present Times (2010 - today), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Instytut Badań Rynku, Konsumpcji i Koniunktur
Keywords: housing conditions; living conditions; TOPSIS method; European Union countries;

Summary/Abstract: The aim the article was to identify the diversity of housing conditions of the population in the EU countries in 2011. The differentiation was presented on the basis of the types of EU countries with different living conditions of the population in terms of housing conditions. The types were extracted, using a synthetic measure. The synthetic measure was constructed by the classic TOPSIS method. The data used in the article come from the Eurostat database. The article has a research character. The study shows that among the 27 Member States in 2011 there were observed wide variations in the level of housing conditions of the population – the synthetic indicator for each country received values from 0.342 (Latvia) to 0.799 (Malta).

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 60-69
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish