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Quality Of Life Assignment

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Quality Of Life Assignment

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Running head: INDICATORS OF QUALITY OF LIFEIndicators of Quality of LifeName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1 INDICATORS OF QUALITY OF LIFEThe term Quality of Life (QOL) sounds complex when asked to define. According toWorld Health Organization (WHO), the quality of life is defined as the condition of life thatis arising out of the combination of several determining factors like determinants in health,happiness, education, social factors and intellectual attainments (Measuring Quality of Life2017). Here happiness in life is dependent on free of expression, action, justice, comfort inthe physical environment and job satisfaction. People at present are demanding a betterquality of life wrapped with well-being. It should be noted that the increase in the financialset up and job satisfaction, cannot alone improve the quality of life. Therefore, thegovernment organizations are working in favor of this via reducing the rates of mortality,chances of morbidity, increasing the standards of primary health care while promotingphysical and mental well-being (Fayers and Machin 2013). The changes are being affectedvia reformulation of the social policy and societal goals. Indicators for Quality of LifeSource: Created by AuthorPhysical quality of Life Index (PQLI) is an attempt to quantify the quality of life or well-being of a population of a country. The value of the PQLI is obtained via average of three statistical data which are the rate of literacy, the rate of infant mortality, the rate of lfe
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2 INDICATORS OF QUALITY OF LIFEexpectancy as per the age (Estes 2014). All these statistical factors are rated on the parameter of 0 to 100-scale. Morris David developed the concept in the year of 1970s for Overseas Development Council (Estes 2014).PQLI is the measure of the degree of refinement of the social, economic and political policies and does not reflect the measurement of the economic growth (Estes 2014). (Formula used for measuring PQLI: refer to appendix 1).Human Development Index (HDI) was designed to strengthen the concept of peopleand their criteria are ultimate for assessing the development of country. Here the developmentof a country centers not only around the economic growth but refers to the overalldevelopment of the people or average achievement in the key areas of human development(Hdr.undp.org 2017). Here achievements in human development include basic humancapabilities like being knowledgeable, leading a long life and enjoying a decent standard ofliving. The value of HDI ranges in between 0 to 1. Figure: Human Development Index(Source: Ravallion 2012)The indicators, which were used before 2009 to measure, HDI was adult literacy rate, gross enrolment ratio and gross national income (GNI). However, an amendment was made in the year of 2010 and was further updated in 2011 (please refer to appendix 2). The three
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