Life quality in the development strategy. Dilemmas of measurement Cover Image

Jakość życia w świetle strategii rozwoju. Dylematy pomiaru
Life quality in the development strategy. Dilemmas of measurement

Author(s): Renata Bielak
Subject(s): Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: quality of life; socio-economic development strategy; qualitative coefficients; prosperity; measurement of well-being

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the quality of life as a category of priority from the point of view of strategy development in Poland and ways to measure it. Essential to quality of life is attributed to stimulating economic growth, which is conducive to social development, ensuring to meet the needs of present and future generations. This approach requires the search for indicators that will reflect the facts and developments in this multidimensional approach. Improving the quality of life of Poles is an overriding goal of national development strategy in the medium and long term. With the establishment of this purpose, the authors of the strategy pointed out measures for its implementation. The article presents ways of describing and evaluating the quality of life in the strategic documents and the problems of its measurements in the context of monitoring the title research category.

  • Issue Year: 60/2015
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 23-30
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish