The Korea Local Administration Review

The purpose of this study is to examine the community well-being of the metropolitan municipalities and compare the differences according to the local capital. Local governments provide various services to improve the quality of life of residents, but it is also pointed out that the delivery of administrative services from the supplier's point of view. Therefore, this study investigated the local life satisfaction and local living environment evaluation that the local residents perceived as a consumer and compared them among metropolitan municipalities. The survey of community well-being was based on the multi-dimensional community well-being model and used the national community well-being data for 2015 using the survey paper. The selection of the subjects was allocated by gender, age, and region and randomly selected over 19 years old residents except Jeju. 2,723 data collected by the PI questionnaire method. As a result of the study, regional life satisfaction and regional living environment evaluation for community well-being level showed a significant difference according to local capital. These results will provide policies for effective administrative services of local governments and provide data for efficient allocation of limited local government resources.

□ Keywords: Community Well-being, Local Capital, Local Government, Local Life Satisfaction, Local Environmental Evaluation