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Micro Quality of Life: Assessing Health and Well-Being in and around Public Facilities in New York City

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  • Justin B. Hollander

    (Tufts University)

  • Henry Renski

    (University of Massachusetts)

  • Cara Foster-Karim

    (Tufts University)

  • Andrew Wiley

    (Tufts University)

Abstract

Microblogs and other social media platforms are increasingly used as sources of data for analyzing social issues and problems, and for determining appropriate public policy. Our research investigates the utility of an urban social listening approach in considering quality of life around public facilities in New York City, and the possibility of combining conventional public health data and microblogging data from Twitter to render an instructive sketch of urban neighborhoods. We demonstrate that this approach shows promise, with significant relationships between tweet scores, unemployment rates, and incidences of diabetes in the localized geographies we analyzed. While limitations exist, we provide a roadmap for future research as scholars seek to understand the health and well-being of urban populations.

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  • Justin B. Hollander & Henry Renski & Cara Foster-Karim & Andrew Wiley, 2020. "Micro Quality of Life: Assessing Health and Well-Being in and around Public Facilities in New York City," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 15(3), pages 791-812, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:15:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1007_s11482-019-9705-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11482-019-9705-9
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