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Li Liu 《Social indicators research》2006,75(2):217-240
This study explores the meaning of quality of life (QOL) in China from the perspective of social representations. The data
were collected by open-ended individual interviews with 16 ordinary Chinese people. The study shows that social thinking about
QOL in Chinese society is activated in five critical domains of life: health, family, work, social relations and the natural
environment. Meanwhile, “having” and “being”, the two antinomic, yet dialogical interdependent, interpretive repertoires,
have an overarching generative and normative power over the discourse about QOL. They permeate and underpin the different
domains of life. Dominated by an “economic logic”, the “having” repertoire constructs these life domains through a set of
economic consequences and posits them as resources leading to material possessions. While dominated by an “existential logic”,
the “being” repertoire confesses existential meanings to the same life domains, and emphasises the joy derived from them.
Thereby, it infers that QOL as a social representation is generated from, and organised around, a central thema of “having”
and “being”. 相似文献
2.
Ming-Chang Tsai 《Social indicators research》2011,102(3):363-372
This review essay offers an institutional critique of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Report. The notion of human capabilities and
functionings advocated by the Report demonstrates an inspirational perspective to monitor human progress in quality of life
(QoL). Several measurements the Report suggested remain inadequate. The personal diary techniques have some potential as it
possesses strength in recording hedonic activities, but it is relatively weak in revealing eudaimonic experiences. The Report
unfortunately mixes up outcome indicators of QoL at individual level and the higher-ordered, social institutions in mapping
out causal processes of human wellbeing. Future researchers can contribute by concentrating on clarifying the plausible linkage
between institutions and individual wellbeing in broad sense. There is much knowledge to be gained by researchers who ask
questions of “how we can change” rather than answer to “what we can measure” 相似文献
3.
Chang-Ming Hsieh 《Social indicators research》2008,87(1):127-137
This article seeks to extend Michalos’ [Social indicators research and health-related quality of life (QoL) research. Social Indicators Research, 65, 27–72, 2004] discussion on bridging social indicators research and health-related QoL (HRQoL) research through an examination
of (1) the relative importance of satisfaction with one’s own health to another common measure of QoL—Life satisfaction, and
(2) the relative importance of health in relation to other major life domains. Using data from two surveys, this article found
that individuals may perceive health as most important in relation to other major life domains but satisfaction with one’s
own health may not necessarily be the most important determining factor (in relation to satisfaction with other major life
domains) of QoL as measured by life satisfaction. These findings support Michalos’ (Social indicators research and HRQoL research.
Social Indicators Research, 65, 27–72, 2004) call for caution regarding the interpretation of research results on HRQoL since many HRQoL measures are measures
of satisfaction with one’s own health and should not be considered as measures of QoL. 相似文献
4.
The aim of the current study was to examine the role of satisfaction-with-event as a mediator in the relations between flow
and life satisfaction based on the bottom-up theory (Andrews and Withey in Social indicators of well-being: Americans’ perceptions
of life quality. Plenum, New York, 1976; Lee et al. in J Macromarketing 22(2): 158–169, 2002). Four hundred and thirty-four participants with a mean age of 35.60 (SD = 11.76) were recruited from the audience of a “Cirque
du Soleil” acrobatics show, performed in Taiwan in 2009. Participants completed the flow scale (Csikszentmihalyi in Flow:
the psychology of optimal experience. Harper & Row, New York, 1990), a satisfaction-with-event scale (Lin and Hsu in Mark Rev 3(4): 497–528, 2008), and a satisfaction-with-life scale (Diener et al. in J Pers Assess 49:71–75, 1985) immediately after viewing the show. Structural equation modeling was conducted to examine our hypothesis that satisfaction-with-event
levels would fully mediate the relationship between flow and overall life satisfaction. Results supported our prediction and
are discussed in terms of bottom-up theory. Implications of the study are also provided for the leisure managers. 相似文献
5.
This study assesses the perceived role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) including the Internet, mobile
telephone, CD/MD/MP3, television and VCR/VCD/DVD in raising quality of life (QoL). A comparison is made between three Chinese
cities, namely, Beijing, Taipei and Hong Kong, to see if differences exist in the perceived value of various forms of ICTs
in the three cities, which share Chinese culture but different levels of development. Household interviews with probability
samples were conducted in the three cities in 2002–2003. The findings show that the Internet and mobile phone are considered
as the most and second most important medium respectively in raising quality of life in all three cities, while television
ranks third and other ICTs trail behind. Based on the findings, the authors advance four propositions for the perceived role
of ICTs in QoL. First, there are four basic needs related to ICT’s role in QoL. These “ICT-QoL” needs are the need for interaction,
need for being in touch, need for instantaneous communication, and need for entertainment. Second, people’s assessment of
an ICT’s value in raising their QoL varies with the penetration rate of that ICT—the higher the penetration, the more positive
is the assessment of that ICT’s role in QoL. Third, the perceived value of an ICT in QoL declines with time—the longer the
ICT has been around after reaching full penetration rate, the lower the value is attached to its contribution to QoL. Finally,
education has strong influences on the assessment of the Internet’s role in QoL. Highly educated people tend to value the
Internet most as a QoL raiser irrespective of the city they reside in. As a QoL raiser, the Internet is favored more by highly
educated while mobile and fixed phone are favored more by lowly educated people. 相似文献
6.
Despina Moraitou Chrysa Kolovou Chrysa Papasozomenou Catherine Paschoula 《Social indicators research》2006,76(1):71-93
This study examined the relationship between hope as disposition, adaptation to old age, and individual-demographic factors.
One hundred and fifty older adults, aged 60–93 years old, completed the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale developed by Snyder
et al. [1991, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, pp. 570–585], and the Adaptation to Old Age Questionnaire
developed by Efklides et al. [2003, European Psychologist, 8, pp. 178–191]. Factor analyses revealed 2 factors for hope, “Pathways
Thought” and “Agency Thinking”, and 4 factors for adaptation to old age, “Health Comparison”, “General Adaptation/Self-Efficacy”,
“Self-Control”, and “Generativity”. Regression analyses showed that hope as pathways thought predicted all factors of adaptation,
whereas hope as agency thinking predicted only “General Adaptation/Self-Efficacy” and “Self-Control”. There were also some
effects of gender, education, marital status, place of residence, and health status on specific aspects of adaptation to old
age. 相似文献
7.
Jessica De Maeyer Wouter Vanderplasschen Eric Broekaert 《Social indicators research》2009,90(1):107-126
In drug treatment outcome literature, a focus on objective and socially desirable indicators of change (e.g. no drug use)
has predominated, while outcome indicators that are important for drug users themselves (e.g. quality of life, satisfaction
with treatment) have largely been neglected. Nonetheless, Quality of Life (QoL) has become an important concept to evaluate
effectiveness of treatment in mental health care research and disability studies. Given the almost exclusive focus on Health-related
Quality of Life (HRQOL) in substance abuse research and the neglect of clients’ perspectives in this field, we explore in
this study the concept of QoL as perceived by drug users. Focus group discussions (n = 9) were organised in various treatment settings and community services for drug users in the region of Ghent, Belgium to
identify important dimensions of QoL and their interpretation by drug users. Data were clustered and analysed based on the
theoretical framework of Robert Schalock (Quality of life. Volume 1: Conceptualization and measurement, 1996). The domains
‘personal relationships’, ‘social inclusion’ and ‘self-determination’ were discussed most frequently by the participants.
They stressed the importance of a supportive social network in particular. It can be concluded that QoL is not primarily associated
by drug users with health and it involves much more than the aspects typically represented in measures of HRQOL. 相似文献
8.
Lareen A. Newman 《Population research and policy review》2009,28(5):661-691
This article details family size differences by socio-economic area in metropolitan South Australia and suggests that these
differences may be linked to cultural differences in parenting confidence and skills, and in social supports for parenting.
The paper analyses Census data on average completed family size and family size distribution in six different areas. In all
age groups this shows a negative correlation between family size and the socio-economic status of the area. Secondly, based
on analysis of interview data with 38 mothers and 24 fathers and a small survey of 44 parents-to-be, the article suggests
that the quantitative patterns may partly reflect differences in the proportions of people in each area who see being parents
and having larger families as desirable and achievable undertakings for which they have the requisite personal skills and
social supports to minimise adverse impacts on their own parental health and lifestyle. The article concludes by hypothesising
that differential fertility levels between groups or areas partly reflect differences in levels of confidence, skills and
social support for parenting, and that a cultural “crisis in parenthood” as well as a greater focus on intensive parenting
may be more widespread in higher status groups which is reflected in their lower fertility. 相似文献
9.
Richard J. Estes 《Social indicators research》2010,98(3):363-402
World social development has arrived at a critical turning point. Economically advanced nations have made significant progress
toward meeting the basic needs of their populations; however, the majority of developing countries have not. Problems of rapid
population growth, failing economies, famine, environmental devastation, majority-minority group conflicts, increasing militarization,
among others, are pushing many developing nations toward the brink of social chaos. This paper focuses on worldwide development
trends for the 40-year period 1970–2009. Particular attention is given to the disparities in development that exist between
the world’s “rich” and “poor” countries as well as the global forces that sustain these disparities. The paper also discusses
more recent positive trends occurring within the world’s “socially least developed countries” (SLDCs), especially those located
in Africa and Asia, in reducing poverty and in promoting improved quality of life for increasing numbers of their populations. 相似文献
10.
Demographic studies that search for signs of fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa rarely examine the complex gamut of
individual aspirations and misgivings, hopes and frustrations, failures and triumphs that accompany the emerging declines
of fertility rates in the subcontinent. This study draws upon qualitative data collected in peri-urban areas of Maputo, Mozambique’s
capital and largest metropolis, to explore contradictory meanings and feelings surrounding changes in fertility intentions
and contraceptive choices. It argues that although changes in these two aspects of reproductive life are interrelated, they
are predicated on distinct types and configurations of external pressures and psychological apparatus, which is often manifested
as a puzzling disjunction between fertility preferences and contraceptive use. This disjunction can be further reinforced
by persistent gender divisions in reproductive views and strategies. Informal social interaction plays an important role in
building societal consensus over fertility matters, but because such interaction deals with reproductive intentions and contraceptive
use through largely different mechanisms, it may also help accentuate the intentions-contraception disjunction. This study’s
findings therefore call upon both researchers and policymakers to attend more closely to the multidimensionality of fertility
transitions in sub-Saharan societies and specifically to the complexities underlying such popular notions as “unmet need for
family planning,” “spacing” versus “limiting” births, or “spousal communication” on reproductive matters. 相似文献
11.
Dr. Peggy Teo 《Population and environment》1995,16(3):237-251
Population planning in Singapore has always been linked to economic planning. Lacking natural resources on an island 536 sq.
kms. in size, the physical carrying capacity was not large so that the government had to resort to careful economic planning
to overcome this constraint. The “stop at 2” population policy of 1965–87 was designed to support the economic plans to improve
the quality of life of the people. Restraint of population growth was promoted as a necessary move serving the common good
of Singaporeans as the country struggled in her early years of independence to build a nation. By 1983, however, Singapore
switched from being antinatal to being pronatal. The environmental determinism school that influenced population planning
gave way to environmental possibilism in which man is the main agent determining his own actions in the population-environment
relationship. Technology has allowed the leadership of Singapore to make use of the global economy as its hinterland. By concentrating
on the high-end service sector, such as mercantile banking or currency markets, Singapore has used the new information age
of computers to take advantage of the changing world market. The “quality” population required to do this job is missing,
thus the “have 3 or more if you can afford it” policy. 相似文献
12.
Maslow’s hierarchy-of-needs theory has been used to predict development of Quality of Life (QOL) in countries over time. In
this paper an attempt has been taken to derive a methodological validation of quality of life questionnaire which have been
prepared for the study area. The objective of the study is to standardize a questionnaire tool to assess the QoL of residents
in a problem area in India. From a pre tested 16 parameter questionnaire tool factorial validity were established to extract
three domains and were mapped in accordance to Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory. Out of these 16 parameters 13 were
found relevant. Then a new tool was conceptualized with 13 pre selected parameters and other parameters were pooled from existing
tool and reviews to form a 36 parameter tool. Factor analysis was done to extract the domains. Reliability of the tool was
also tested to find the relation between the domains of QoL. Then the quality of life of the study area was interpreted to
find the distribution of respondents among the categories of QoL. 70% of respondents reported to have average quality of life.
The tool was found to be highly reliable and valid. 相似文献
13.
The American Community Survey (ACS) is a Census Bureau product designed to provide accurate and timely demographic and economic indicators on an annual basis for both large and small geographic areas within the United States. Operational plans for Census 2010 call for ACS to replace the decennial census long form (Census LF), pending the results of evaluation studies. This plan represents a major change in that variables that traditionally have been collected on a “snapshot” basis once every 10 years would be collected on a “rolling” annual basis. Using a loss function analysis and other tools, this paper reports preliminary findings from a comparison of ACS and Census 2000 results in Multnomah County, Oregon, one of five national “local expert” test sites set up to compare ACS data collected at the time of Census 2000. The preliminary findings suggest that there are notable differences between some of the corresponding variables found in the ACS and Census LF that require more detailed examination. For example, the loss function analysis reveals notable differences for race and disability variables. In other comparisons of corresponding variables between ACS and Census 2000, differences are found within each of the four major areas of interest: (1) demographic characteristics, (2) social characteristics, (3) economic characteristics, and (4) housing characteristics, with housing characteristics showing the least similarity overall. These results also suggest that more detailed examinations are needed to understand differences between corresponding variables collected by ACS and the Census LF. 相似文献
14.
Application of the Rural Development Index to Analysis of Rural Regions in Poland and Slovakia 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The main purpose of this research was to construct a multi-dimensional (composite) index measuring the overall level of rural
development and quality of life in individual rural regions of a given EU country. In the Rural Development Index (RDI) the
rural development domains are represented by hundreds of partial socio-economic, environmental, infrastructural and administrative
indicators/variables at NUTS-4 level (e.g. 991 variables/indicators describing various aspects of rural development in Poland;
340 variables/indicators in Slovakia). The weights of economic, social and environmental domains entering the RDI index are
derived empirically from the econometrically estimated intra- and inter-regional migration function after selecting the “best”
model from various alternative model specifications (e.g. panel estimate logistic regression nested error structure model,
spatial effect models, etc.). The RDI is empirically applied to analysis of the main determinants of rural/regional development
in individual rural areas in years 2002–2005 in Poland and Slovakia at NUTS-4 level. Due to its comprehensiveness the RDI
Index is suitable both to analysis of the overall level of development of rural areas and to an evaluation of the impacts
(impact indicator) of RD and structural programmes at regional levels (NUTS 2–5). 相似文献
15.
Te-Hsin Liang 《Social indicators research》2011,102(1):99-110
The “e-Taiwan Program” implemented by Taiwan government is aimed at showing the e-advantage in people’s life and bring about
essential benefits. This research follows the e-Life indicators of the Quality of Life measurement system developed by “e-Taiwan
Program”, which including four major dimensions of e-Daily Life, e-Business, e-Government, Broadband to home. By using telephone
interview, 3,024 respondents aged 15 and above were validly interviewed. In Taiwan, the cognition of e-Life service is high,
and 71.4% of e-Life services have been well heard of by residents. Although the penetration of e-Life services is not as high
as the degree of cognition; there are 31.3% of the e-Life services promoted by “e-Taiwan Program” has been used. The average
score of overall quality of life promotion of e-Life is 63.9. It represents that, in general, people think their life has
been slightly improved by e-Life services. Through stepwise regression analysis models, we found that most of Internet services
usages will bring highly positive influence on the quality of life promotion, but the cognition and usage in e-Government
usually bring negative influence on the quality of promotion. 相似文献
16.
There is an ambiguity in Amartya Sen’s capability approach as to what constitutes an individual’s resources, conversion factors
and valuable functionings. What we here call the “circularity problem” points to the fact that all three concepts seem to
be mutually endogenous and interdependent. To econometrically account for this entanglement we suggest a panel vector autoregression
approach. We analyze the intertemporal interplay of the above factors over a time horizon of 15 years using the BHPS data
set for Great Britain, measuring individual well-being in functionings space with a set of basic functionings, comprising
“being happy”, “being healthy”, “being nourished”, “moving about freely”, “being well-sheltered” and “having satisfying social
relations”. We find that there are indeed functionings that are resources for many other functionings (viz. “being happy”)
while other functionings (“being well-sheltered” and “having satisfying social relations”) are by and large independent, thus
shedding light on a facet of the capability approach that has been neglected so far. 相似文献
17.
Back in 1975, the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers defined the poor as “individuals or families whose resources are
so small as to exclude them from the minimum acceptable way of life of the Member State in which they live”. This widely quoted
definition leaves room for discussion about what can be considered a “minimum acceptable way of life” in different countries
and thus also whether national perceptions of minimum standards vary from one country to the next. The paper explores this
latter issue by exploiting the first EU dataset allowing a comparative analysis of the items which citizens in the different
Member States consider to be necessary for people to have an “acceptable” standard of living in the country where they live.
It assesses the (in)variance of the structure of the perception of social needs between countries on the basis of an extension
of the multidimensional scaling (MDS) method, and shows a high level of congruence between the 27 national patterns. An important
consequence of this result is that it supports the approach which consists of measuring deprivation on the basis of a same
set of (validated) items across all the Member States. 相似文献
18.
Theorizing indicators 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Ivar Frønes 《Social indicators research》2007,83(1):5-23
Policymakers and social theorists have increasingly come to rely on social indicators to guide their decisions and theories.
Social indicators are also useful in bridging theory and empirical research as well as the traditional gap between policymaking
and social theory. The concept of social indicators covers interpretation of cultural signs, simple statistical measures,
and complex statistical indexes related to sets of domains. The article views the development of child well-being indicators
as central not only in the social welfare field, but as an indicator of future societal conditions, given that children’s
lives are especially sensitive to social change. The paper addresses the development of indicators of children’s well-being,
arguing that the expansion of the field, the complexity of new domains and indicators, and the position of children as “being”
and “becoming”, they are citizens of the present as well as being socialized for the future, illustrates that the next crucial
step for the field is to further elaborate theories and models. 相似文献
19.
Maria-Eugenia Prieto-Flores Antonio Moreno-Jiménez Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas Fermina Rojo-Perez Maria Jo?o Forjaz 《Social indicators research》2012,106(1):27-39
To analyze the influence of different health status dimensions and quality of life (QoL) domains on older adults’ subjective
health, and to assess the role that residential satisfaction plays in these relationships. A QoL survey was conducted on a
representative sample of the community-dwelling older adult population in Madrid province (Spain). Logistic regression models
were applied to studying: the health status dimensions associated with satisfaction with health; the relationship between
satisfaction with health and other QoL domains; and, the influence of these domains on satisfaction with life. Sociodemographic
and residential characteristics were included in all the models. The determinants of satisfaction with health in the first
model were: mobility, usual activities, morbidity, and satisfaction with neighborhood. QoL domains associated with health
were: leisure activities, neighborhood, and finances. Satisfaction with life was explained by these three domains, along with
age, family and health. In sum, leisure, neighborhood, and finances showed a positive effect on satisfaction with health and
with life. 相似文献
20.
We analyzed the butterfly communities in the newly designed city parks (area C), “newly opened habitat islands”, of Tsukuba
City, central Japan. The area constituted a natural ecological experiment on the mainland for clarifying the pattern and process
of faunal immigration. We compared butterfly communities in area C with those in two other areas in the light of the theory
of island biogeography and the concept of generalist/specialist. Our results showed the following: (1) Fewer species were
found in area C than in other areas, due largely to the absence of many specialist types, restricted and habitat specialists,
and/or low density species in the area. Generalist types, widespread and habitat generalists, and/or high density species
predominated in area C. (2) The difference in the species numbers among the three sections within area C could be explained
by the habitat structure in and around the respective sections. (3) The densities of many species were low in area C, probably
due to its man-modified habitat structure. In particular, several species occurred at extremely low densities in area C, but
at high densities in other areas. (4) The internal structure of the habitat island butterfly community in area C was almost
perfectly consistent with that of “quasi-equilibrium” communities that appear during the colonization of an island. Our results
demonstrate that the synergetic application of the generalist/specialist concept and the island biogeography theory is effective
for the understanding of the patterns and structures of habitat island communities. 相似文献