We explain what living conditions are and what factors they depend on. In addition, its indicators and areas.
What are the living conditions?
living conditions or quality of life to indicators statistics used to study the specific way in which people live people, within the framework of a moment and a society determined.
In other words, both terms are used to refer to the objective, measurable and verifiable aspects of human existence in society, which can be used to find out if a person (or a group of them) lives better or worse.
From a strict point of view, we should understand by living conditions the ways in which people live, and by quality of life the evaluation of said ways with respect to a scale of values, that is, to how well these evaluated conditions allow people to live. However, these two terms are often used as synonyms, especially when it comes to statistical or population analysis.
Living conditions depend on multiple factors, which can be social, economic, political, cultural and health. Therefore, in the same country, people lead very different lives in terms of their objective conditions, which constitutes a challenge to be overcome by their governments: try that population all alive in the best possible conditions.
To assess living conditions, five different areas of human existence in society are usually analyzed:
- The wellness physical, which has to do with Health, the feeding and protection against agents harmful to health.
- Material well-being, which has to do with income economic, having a roof to sleep and own belongings, as well as available means of transport.
- Social welfare, which has to do with the personal relationships fundamental, such as the existence of a family support network, of important friendships, or of a community which to join.
- Emotional well-being, which has to do with mental health and self esteem, protection against abuse and free spiritual practice or religious.
However, there is no universal indicator to measure people's living conditions, so it is often linked to other more objective indicators, such as GDP per capita or, better yet, the Index of Human development (HDI): an indicator that takes into account both life expectancy and GDP per capita, as well as income margins. education in the country.
All these indicators have the purpose of comparing the models and living conditions between countries me regions. Other possible indicators are the Katz Index, the C.A.T. Health, the Spitzer Quality of Life Index or the Karnofsky Scale.
Regardless of how they are measured, people's living conditions have a direct impact on their future development and even on their estimated life expectancy.
A person who is homeless, without a job to provide for themselves, and without an emotional support network to keep them sane, will likely live a short and helpless life, cut off from what the world has to offer those in need. change objective conditions of life more benevolent.
Ideally, in this sense, it would be that the humanity managed to reduce as much as possible the gap in the quality of life between the different social classes: that people, despite being poor, have the minimum conditions necessary to obtain through their effort due rewards and thus march towards more equitable societies.
A lots of state they contribute to this through charity or social aid policies aimed at correcting the immediate consequences of the harsh living conditions of some: employment plans, subsidies for basic services, products with agreed prices, free education institutions, etc.