A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIOECONOMIC VARIATIONS IN MEASURING THE QUALITY OF LIFE

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIOECONOMIC VARIATIONS IN MEASURING THE QUALITY OF LIFE

This paper utilizes migration patterns based upon the demographic characteristics of age, sex and race to test the applicability of existing "quality of life" definitions. The results indicate that if individuals migrate in order to be better off in some subjective sense then QOL measures...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social science quarterly 1981-06, Vol.62 (2), p.303-312
Hauptverfasser: ZIEGLER, Joseph A., BRITTON, Charles R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age groups
Age/Ageism
Human migration
Living conditions
Migration
Operational definition
Pathology
Population Change and Population Policy
Population characteristics
Population migration
Quality of life
Race/Races/Racial/Racially (see also Relations, Race)
Social class/Social classes
Socioeconomic (see also Socioeconomic status)
Socioeconomics
Wellbeing
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Zusammenfassung:This paper utilizes migration patterns based upon the demographic characteristics of age, sex and race to test the applicability of existing "quality of life" definitions. The results indicate that if individuals migrate in order to be better off in some subjective sense then QOL measures are more appropriate for blacks than nonblacks and younger individuals than older.
ISSN:0038-4941
1540-6237