Author | Michalos, Alex C. author |
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Title | Essays on the Quality of Life [electronic resource] / by Alex C. Michalos |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2003 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0389-5 |
Descript | XII, 492 p. online resource |
1. Reflections on twenty-five years of quality-of-life research -- 2. Combining social, economic and environmental indicators to measure sustainable human well-being -- 3. Evaluation of equality policies for the status of women in Canada -- 4. Militarism and the quality of life -- 5. Migration and the quality of life -- 6. Job satisfaction, marital satisfaction and the quality of life -- 7. Discrepancies between perceived income needs and actual incomes -- 8. Optimism in 30 countries over a decade -- 9. Health and the quality of life -- 10. Health and other aspects of the quality of life of older people -- 11. Healthy days, health satisfaction and satisfaction with the overall quality of life -- 12. Leisure activities, health and the quality of life -- 13. Social indicators research and health-related quality of life research -- 14. Public services and the quality of life -- 15. Criminal victimization and the quality of life -- 16. Policing services and the quality of life -- 17. Feminism and the quality of life -- 18. Ethnicity, modern prejudice and the quality of life -- 19. The impact of trust on business, international security and the quality of life -- 20. Multiple discrepancies theory (MDT)