Human Wellbeing

Question 1

DEFINE wellbeing

Answer 1

The quality of life experienced by people individually and collectively

Question 2

DEFINE development

Answer 2

A process of change that results in an improved quality of life of a community, usually involving reducing poverty

Question 3

DEFINE quality of life

Answer 3

The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group.

Question 4

DEFINE quantitative measures

Answer 4

measurements made that give a result in numbers

Question 5

DEFINE the HDI

Answer 5

a composite, quantitative measure of human well-being

Question 6

IDENTIFY the factors that the HDI uses to measure wellbeing

Answer 6

health
knowledge
standard of living

Question 7

DEFINE a composite measure

Answer 7

a measure which uses several factors together to measure something

Question 8

DEFINE qualitative measures

Answer 8

Subjective measures such as surveys and interviews

Question 9

IDENTIFY what qualitative measures often measure

Answer 9

things that are harder to measure, Eg. political freedoms, social opportunities, personal security, happiness

Question 10

IDENTIFY why qualitative measures are used in measuring quality of life

Answer 10

Because some information that is useful can not be quantified