There is substantial evidence of links between green spaces and better health status. However, the ways in which green space are measured are varied, including both objective and subjective measures. This paper examines factors associated with individuals’ perceiving a lack of open public space, including the objective quantity of green space and wider problems in the area. This is analysed using a combination of principal component analysis and logistic regression. We use data from the Healthy Ireland Survey 2016, a cross sectional survey of over 7000 adults in Ireland. The results suggest that objective green space has a significant negative association with whether an individual perceives a problem with lack of open public space. The analysis also reveals that area safety, area cleanliness, and area service provision are important factors explaining perceived adequacy of open public space. The findings of this analysis have implications for the methods by which researchers and policymakers measure and analyse green space in an area.

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开放公共空间的感知充分性如何与客观绿地和个人对区域级质量的看法相关

有大量证据表明绿色空间与更好的健康状况之间存在联系。然而，衡量绿地的方法是多种多样的，包括客观和主观两种衡量方式。本文研究了与个人认为缺乏开放公共空间相关的因素，包括绿色空间的客观数量和该地区更广泛的问题。这是使用主成分分析和逻辑回归的组合进行分析的。我们使用来自 2016 年爱尔兰健康调查的数据，这是一项对爱尔兰 7000 多名成年人的横断面调查。结果表明，客观绿色空间与个人是否感知到缺乏开放公共空间的问题有显着的负相关。分析还表明，区域安全、区域清洁、和区域服务提供是解释开放公共空间是否足够的重要因素。这项分析的结果对研究人员和政策制定者衡量和分析一个地区的绿色空间的方法有影响。