Standard Of Living And Housing Tenure

Question 1

What factors contribute to standard and quality of life? [11]

Answer 1

Money
Housing
Food
Water
Job
Medicine
Emergency services
Education
Good sewage
Entertainment
Transportation

Question 2

What is standard of life?

Answer 2

The factors that you can manage based on an individuals way of life and how well their particular needs are met

Question 3

What is quality of life?

Answer 3

The factors that cannot be measured (e.g. Happiness) based on an individuals overall way of life and how well their needs are being met

Question 4

What factors are measured as quality of life?

Answer 4

Safety
Entertainment
Happiness
Employment

Question 5

What factors are measured as standard of living?

Answer 5

Hygiene
Education
Transportation
Food
Water
Housing
Medication
Wealth
Crime

Question 6

What is housing tenure?

Answer 6

The financial arrangements under which people live

Question 7

What is squatting?

Answer 7

A squatter is someone who lives somewhere without legal permission or access to the property

Question 8

What are the advantages and disadvantages of flats/apartments?

Answer 8

Cheap
Flexible, easy to move out

Sometimes noisy
Small
No garden

Question 9

What are the advantages and disadvantages of terraced housing?

Answer 9

Reasonably priced
Average sized

Small noise (based in the city/town centre)
Small or no garden

Question 10

What are the advantages and disadvantages of semi detached housing?

Answer 10

Garden space
Driveway or space for driveway or front garden
Quite large

Slight noise
Quite high price

Question 11

What are the advantages and disadvantages of detached housing?

Answer 11

Very large
Open space
Large garden

Quite vulnerable to burgulary