Five Quality of life
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Nick Axford
Abstract
This chapter discusses the concept of quality of life (QoL) property and different approaches to measure it. QoL is defined as ‘subjective well-being and personal growth in a healthy and prosperous environment’. The study described in this book used a holistic measure of QoL that is multidimensional, and goes further than financial and material items to include recreation, enrichment, and happiness. Attention is focused on factors known to contribute to subjective well-being, as well as on evidence of emotional state visible to parents or carers, for instance distress or depression.
Abstract
This chapter discusses the concept of quality of life (QoL) property and different approaches to measure it. QoL is defined as ‘subjective well-being and personal growth in a healthy and prosperous environment’. The study described in this book used a holistic measure of QoL that is multidimensional, and goes further than financial and material items to include recreation, enrichment, and happiness. Attention is focused on factors known to contribute to subjective well-being, as well as on evidence of emotional state visible to parents or carers, for instance distress or depression.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables iv
- Acknowledgements vi
- Introduction 1
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Defining child well-being
- Need 15
- Rights 29
- Poverty 45
- Quality of life 59
- Social exclusion 73
- Relationships between the concepts 89
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Measuring child well-being
- Child well-being through different lenses 113
- Relationships between the conditions 131
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Implications for children’s services
- Matching conditions and service styles 141
- Developing congruent children’s services 159
- Conclusions 171
- Method 185
- Logistic regression 209
- The 60 variables 213
- Additional results 219
- References 227
- Index 259
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables iv
- Acknowledgements vi
- Introduction 1
-
Defining child well-being
- Need 15
- Rights 29
- Poverty 45
- Quality of life 59
- Social exclusion 73
- Relationships between the concepts 89
-
Measuring child well-being
- Child well-being through different lenses 113
- Relationships between the conditions 131
-
Implications for children’s services
- Matching conditions and service styles 141
- Developing congruent children’s services 159
- Conclusions 171
- Method 185
- Logistic regression 209
- The 60 variables 213
- Additional results 219
- References 227
- Index 259
