Quality of Life

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Websites and Online Articles

  1. "Higher income improves life rating but not emotional well-being". PhysOrg.com. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. "Poverty - Overview". The World Bank. 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  3. "Quality of Life: How Good is Life for You?". University of Toronto Quality of Life Research Unit. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  4. "The Happy Planet Index 2.0". New Economics Foundation. 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  5. "The World Bank". The World Bank. 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
  6. About QLC : Quality of Life Care
  7. Costanza, R. et. al. (2008) "An Integrative Approach to Quality of Life Measurement, Research, and Policy". S.A.P.I.EN.S.1 (1)
  8. Darling, John (January 2006). "Money in a Popsicle-Friendly World". Sentient Times. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  9. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, The Increasing Importance of Quality of Life, October 2008
  10. Fitts, Catherine Austin. "Understanding the Popsicle Index". SolariF. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  11. Gross national happiness
  12. World Happiness:
  13. Gross National Happiness Commission (Bhutan):
  14. The Happiness Initiative, Seattle
  15. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development:
  16. Statistics on subjective well-being
  17. Well Being Wheel of Measures:
  18. Kahneman, D.; Deaton, A. (2010). "High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences107 (38): 16489–16493. doi:10.1073/pnas.1011492107. PMC2944762. PMID20823223.
  19. King, Mark (September 29, 2011). "Table: UK has 'worst quality of life in Europe'". The Guardian.
  20. Layard, Richard (6 April 2006). Happiness: Lessons from a New Science. London: Penguin. ISBN978-0-14-101690-0.
  21. Levy, Francesca (July 14, 2010). "Table: The World's Happiest Countries". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013.
  22. Martha Nussbaum and AmartyaSen, ed. (1993). The Quality of Life, Oxford: Clarendon Press. Description and and chapter-preview links.
  23. The First European Quality of Life Survey 2003
  24. Quality of Life in a Changing Europe, A research project on the quality of lives and work of European citizens
  25. Ensuring quality of life in Europe's cities and towns, European Environment Agency
  1. AQoL Instruments, Quality of Life Assessment Instruments - Centre for Health Economics, Monash University Australia
  2. Applied Research in Quality of Life, the official journal of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies
  3. Child Indicators Research, the official journal of the International Society for Child Indicators
  4. Quality of Life Research, an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care, and rehabilitation - official journal of the International Society of Quality of Life Research
  5. After 2015: '3D Human Wellbeing', policy briefing on the value of refocusing development on 3D human wellbeing for pro-poor policy change, from the Institute of Development Studies, UK.
  6. Mercer Quality of Living survey
  7. Basic Guide to the World: Quality of Life Throughout the World
  8. Family database, OECD

Human Development Index

  1. Human Development Report
  2. 2010 Human Development Index Update
  3. Human Development Interactive Map
  4. Human Development Tools and Rankings
  5. Technical note explaining the definition of the HDI PDF (5.54 MB)
  6. An independent HDI covering 232 countries, formulated along lines of the traditional (pre-2010) approach.
  7. List of countries by HDI at NationMaster.com
  8. America Is # ... 15? by Dalton Conley, The Nation, March 4, 2009
  9. "The Human Development concept". UNDP. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  10. Human Development Reports: Human Rights Development Indicators, UNDP
  11. Wolff, Hendrik; Chong, Howard; Auffhammer, Maximilian (2011). "Classification, Detection and Consequences of Data Error: Evidence from the Human Development Index". Economic Journal121 (553): 843–870. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02408.x.
  12. "2010 Human Development Complete Report" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  13. "2010 Human Development Index trends, 1980–2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  14. "2011 Human Development Complete Report" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  15. "2011 Human Development Index" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  16. "HDI-2". International-relations.com. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  17. "HDR 2007/2008 – Human Development Reports (UNDP)". Hdr.undp.org. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  18. "News – Human Development Reports (UNDP)". Hdr.undp.org. 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  19. "Samoa left out of UNDP index", Samoa Observer, January 22, 2010
  20. "The Economist (pages 60–61 in the issue of Jan 8, 2011)". January 6, 2011.
  21. "UNDP Human Development Report Office's comments". The Economist. January 2011.[dead link]
  22. "United Nations Development Programme". Undp.org. 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  23. Davies, A.; Quinlivan, G. (2006). "A Panel Data Analysis of the Impact of Trade on Human Development". Journal of Socio-Economics35 (5): 868–876. doi:10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.048.
  24. Definition, Calculator, etc. at UNDP site[dead link]
  25. Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko (2003). "The Human Development Paradigm: operationalizing Sen’s ideas on capabilities". Feminist Economics9 (2–3): 301–317. doi:10.1080/1354570022000077980.
  26. Hastings, David A. (2009). "Filling Gaps in the Human Development Index". United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Working Paper WP/09/02.
  27. Hastings, David A. (2011). "A "Classic" Human Development Index with 232 Countries". HumanSecurityIndex.org.Information Note linked to data
  28. Human Development Report, The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development (2010) 87
  29. McGillivray, Mark (1991). "The human development index: yet another redundant composite development indicator?".World Development19 (10): 1461–1468. doi:10.1016/0305-750X(91)90088-Y.
  30. Mean years of schooling (of adults) (years) is a calculation of the average number of years of education received by people ages 25 and older in their lifetime based on education attainment levels of the population converted into years of schooling based on theoretical durations of each level of education attended. Source: Barro, R. J.; Lee, J.-W. (2010). "A New Data Set of Educational Attainment in the World, 1950–2010". NBER Working Paper No. 15902.
  31. Srinivasan, T. N. (1994). "Human Development: A New Paradigm or Reinvention of the Wheel?".American Economic Review84 (2): 238–243. JSTOR2117836.

JSTOR articles

  1. Ethnic Differences in Quality of Life in Adolescents among Chinese, Malay and Indians in Singapore
  2. Structural Analyses of the Quality of Life of Children at Risk
  3. Factorial Structure and Validity of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index
  4. The Non-Economic Quality of Life on a Sub-National Level in South Africa
  5. The Quality of Life in Japan
  6. Ways that Social Change Predicts Personal Quality of Life
  7. Enhancing Quality of Life in the Population at Large
  8. Quality of Life Indicators and Health: Current Status and Emerging Conceptions
  9. In What Sense 'Indicators' of Quality of Life?
  10. Government Expenditure and Quality of Life
  11. Quality of Life in Cancer Patients: An Hypothesis
  12. Quality of Life in Depression: Predictive Models
  13. Quality of Life: Evaluation or Description?
  14. Uncertainty, Appraisal and Quality of Life
  15. Measuring Quality of Life
  16. Quality of Life Research: New Challenges and New Opportunities

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  1. Baernholdt, Marianne, et al. "Factors Associated With Quality Of Life In Older Adults In The United States." Quality Of Life Research 21.3 (2012): 527-534.
  2. Sheldon, Kennon M., Robert Cummins, and ShanmukhKamble. "Life Balance And Well-Being: Testing A Novel Conceptual And Measurement Approach." Journal Of Personality 78.4 (2010): 1093-1134.
  3. Pitock, Todd. "The Pursuit Of Happiness." Saturday Evening Post 284.1 (2012): 38-41.
  4. Jin, Zhang, Yang Yu, and Wang Hui. "Measuring Subjective Well-Being: A Comparison Of China And The USA." Asian Journal Of Social Psychology 12.3 (2009): 221-225.
  5. Bailey, Ronald. "Can Money Buy Happiness After All?." Reason 44.9 (2013): 44-45.
  6. BIN, LI, et al. "Positive Psychological Capital: A New Approach To Social Support And Subjective Well-Being." Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal 41.1 (2014): 135-144.
  7. Nikitin, Jana, and Alexandra M. Freund. "The Role Of Social Approach And Avoidance Motives For Subjective Well-Being And The Successful Transition To Adulthood." Applied Psychology: An International Review 57.(2008): 90-111.
  8. Garcia, Danilo, and ArvidErlandsson. "The Relationship Between Personality And Subjective Well-Being: Different Association Patterns When Measuring The Affective Component In Frequency And Intensity." Journal Of Happiness Studies 12.6 (2011): 1023-1034.
  9. Luo, Lu. "Culture And Conceptions Of Happiness: Individual Oriented And Social Oriented Swb." Journal Of Happiness Studies 5.3 (2004): 269-291.
  10. Davern, Melanie T., Robert A. Cummins, and Mark A. Stokes. "Subjective Wellbeing As An Affective-Cognitive Construct." Journal Of Happiness Studies 8.4 (2007): 429-449.
  11. Bostic, Terence J., and J.T. Ptacek. "Personality Factors And The Short-Term Variability In Subjective Well-Being." Journal Of Happiness Studies 2.4 (2001): 355-373.
  12. McGill, Rebecca Kang, Niobe Way, and Diane Hughes. "Intra- And Interracial Best Friendships During Middle School: Links To Social And Emotional Well-Being." Journal Of Research On Adolescence (Wiley-Blackwell) 22.4 (2012): 722-738.
  13. Isaacs, B., et al. "Testing The Factor Structure Of The Family Quality Of Life Survey - 2006." Journal Of Intellectual Disability Research 56.1 (2012): 17-29.
  14. Graham, Carol, SoumyaChattopadhyay, and Mario Picon. "Adapting To Adversity: Happiness And The 2009 Economic Crisis In The United States." Social Research 77.2 (2010): 715-748.
  15. Collins, Susan M., Robbyn R. Wacker, and Karen A. Roberto. "Considering Quality Of Life For Older Adults: A View From Two Countries." Generations 37.1 (2013): 80-86.
  16. "The United States Of Satisfaction." Psychology Today 46.6 (2013): 9.
  17. Gardner, Deborah B. "Quality In Life And Death: Can We Have The Conversations?." Nursing Economic$ 30.4 (2012): 224-227.
  18. Fuglestad, Paul T., et al. "The Associations Of Eating-Related Attitudinal Balance With Psychological Well-Being And Eating Behaviors." Journal Of Social & Clinical Psychology 32.10 (2013): 1040-1060.
  19. Fenge, Lee-Ann, et al. "The Impact Of The Economic Recession On Well-Being And Quality Of Life Of Older People." Health & Social Care In The Community 20.6 (2012): 617-624.
  20. Ozmete, Emine. "Subjective Well-Being: A Research On Life Satisfaction As Cognitive Component Of Subjective Well-Being." International Journal Of Academic Research 3.4 (2011): 55-61.
  21. Pereira, Claudia, et al. "Race And Preference-Based Health-Related Quality Of Life Measures In The United States." Quality Of Life Research 20.6 (2011): 969-978.
  22. Thompson, William W., et al. "Health-Related Quality Of Life Among Older Adults With And Without Functional Limitations." American Journal Of Public Health 102.3 (2012): 496-502.
  23. "Higher Fertility Rates Correspond With Greater Life Satisfaction." Fertility Weekly (2014): 12.
  24. Álvarez-Díaz, Ángel, Lucas González, and Benjamin Radcliff. "The Politics Of Happiness: On The Political Determinants Of Quality Of Life In The American States." Journal Of Politics 72.3 (2010): 894-905.

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