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9789048160648: Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide National Policy: The State of the Art
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ISBN 10 : 9048160642 ISBN 13 : 9789048160648
Editeur : Springer, 2010

Synopsis

Our book is a useful "how to" book for researchers and government offices wanting to start or improve their own QOL survey, and contains "best practices" from all over the world. We discuss cutting-edge surveys that are being adopted by all countries in the European community as a standardized measure of each country's progress. We also discuss how developing countries can begin the measurement of Quality of Life in ways that will increase political credibility and require smaller budgets. Other chapters describe policy applications of the Quality of Life surveys, including nations' health goals, smoking cessation, child welfare, and poverty reduction.

The authors of these chapters are the world's top experts on assessing Quality of Life. For example, the author of the first chapter is Sten Johansson, former Director of Statistics Sweden, responsible for creating the first comprehensive QOL assessment systems in the world, beginning in the 1960's. The author of the second chapter is Professor Ruut Veenhoven, known as the premier researcher on national happiness, having developed the largest database in the world on the subjective measures of well-being. Heinz-Herbert Noll is responsible for developing the unified Quality of Life measurement system for the new European Union, where up to 25 countries will be assessed using the same methodology and questionnaires.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is a useful "how to" book for researchers and government offices wanting to start or improve their own QOL survey, and contains "best practices" from all over the world. It is a valuable resource for researchers, policy and for those wishing to effect changes in public policy.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9048160642
ISBN 13 
9789048160648
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
460
Éditeur
Hagerty Michael R., Vogel Joachim, Møller Valerie
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9781402007279: Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide National Policy: The State of the Art

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1402007272 ISBN 13 :  9781402007279
Editeur : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002
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