Spatio-temporal modelling of housing satisfaction indicators based on statistical data – evidence from Poland

Abstract

Motives: The research problem addressed in the paper is the identification of sources of the spatial differentiation of housing satisfaction under the influence of external factors (economic, demographic and social).Aim: The main research objective was to identify the determinants and spatial differentiation of housing satisfaction in Poland. Both classical panel models and spatial panel models were used for the analyses.Results: The results of the study confirmed the hypothesis that the inclusion of spatial dependencies significantly improved the quality of the panel model. The developed models supported the determination of statistical relationships between economic, demographic and social factors, the number of dwellings per 1000 inhabitants, and the average floor space per person. In addition, the spatial distribution of individual effects in spatial panel models revealed variation in housing satisfaction that resulted from different levels of socio-economic development.