THE SYSTEM OF STATISTICAL OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE INDICATORS OF MEASURING QUALITY OF LIFE
Journal Title: Вісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Економіка. - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 169
Abstract
tempting to define and measure it. During the last five decades of last century, two main scientific approaches have been initiated: the use of "objective," or social indicators, and the measurement of subjective well-being. Objective measurement is achieved through the use of social indicators. General indicators of quality of life are ascertained by an establishment of a variety of life conditions across the population, such as education, infant mortality, social welfare, standard of living, crime rates etc. Objectivity is one of the major strengths in using social indicators to assess quality of life. The indicators can be quantify without relying on individual perceptions and relatively easy to define. There are those who argue that there is no such thing as objective indicators, since they are based on the subjective opinion of those experts who deem them worth measuring. More and more, researchers are admitting the need to "hear" the voices of people with developmental disabilities. Subjective measurement attempts to do just this. The major advantage of subjective quality of life measures is that they capture experiences that are important to the individual. Most social indicators are indirect measures of how people feel about their life conditions, whereas subjective measures provide important additional information that can improve and validate the data provided by objective indicators. Also, subjective measures tend to correspond more closely to people's value systems than objective measures do.
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Irina Romaniuk
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