The Integration Resources of Refugees and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the City of Vienna

Using data from a survey of refugees Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, and Iraq in Vienna, Austria, most whom arrived 2015, we employ path analysis to study the effects various integration resources on life satisfaction. In addition, consider sociodemographic effects. We find that who scored higher host-country-specific language proficiency, social contacts, feeling relatedness have significantly levels Origin-country-specific are not related. Our findings imply opportunities host country crucial for satisfying process refugees.