Merlin Yonk, Ryan <br/><br/>
Improving Quality of Life  Exploring Standard of Living, Wellbeing, and Community Development 

 -  IntechOpen  2021 
 - 1 electronic resource (178 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> The authors of this volume provide a window into what influences the quality of life, why people live longer, and why we are relatively better off compared to decades ago. While the potential ways of measuring life quality are abundant, understanding what causes improvement requires careful study and consideration. This volume provides useful insight into these challenges and helps to highlight a clear and important separation between wellbeing and standard of living, both relevant to assessing the quality of life. Standard of living refers to the material welfare of a group. Wellbeing, on the other hand, encapsulates harder-to-measure subjective preferences. Together they help us to understand the quality of life of certain groups at specific times, and in specific communities. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>intechopen.77595 9781839688140 9781839688133 9781839688157 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.5772/intechopen.77595  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>welfare, sustainability, corruption, contamination, poverty, economic growth