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A Multidimensional Analysis of Quality of Life: Pakistan’s Context

verfasst von: Nadeen Ihsan, Babar Aziz

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 1/2019

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Quality of Life (QoL) is a multi-dimensional idea that includes various distinctive dimensions and its estimation is considered as an essential factor for policy assessment. The study estimates the inter-district variation in QoL in Pakistan by using a data set of Household Integrated Economic Survey of 2010–2011. Objective and subjective indices are constructed to measure QoL with 7 domains and 31 indicators within 89 districts of Pakistan by employing the principal component analysis. The leading result of the study reveals that top ranked district is Jhelum in term of QoL and Tharparkar is at the bottom. The analysis also reveals that the most of the top ranked districts are located in Punjab province. This reflects the better performance of the province in term objective and QoL indices. Whereas, the districts of Balochistan emerge at the lower end in terms of objective and QoL indices. Majority districts of Punjab shows a modest level of satisfaction regarding the facilities provided by the government and the least satisfied districts belong to KPK and Sindh. It is interesting to identify that disparity in the objective index and subjective perceptions are representing QoL differences.

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Titel: A Multidimensional Analysis of Quality of Life: Pakistan’s Context
verfasst von: Nadeen Ihsan
Babar Aziz
Publikationsdatum: 23.04.2018
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-018-1903-6

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