scholarly journals Social inequality in the later life: cross-national comparison of quality of life

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Motel-Klingebiel ◽  
Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz ◽  
Clemens Tesch-Römer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Later Life ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Cross National

scholarly journals A Cross-National Comparison Of The Effect Of Age And Gender On Health-Related Quality Of Life (Hrql)

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. A471 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Rendas-Baum ◽  
MK White ◽  
M Kosinski ◽  
J Vietri ◽  
JB Bjorner
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Health Related ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Effect Of Age ◽  
Cross National

School quality of life: Cross-national comparison of students’ perspectives

Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-581
Author(s):  
Asnat Bar-Haim Erez ◽  
Stefan Kuhle ◽  
Jessie-Lee McIsaac ◽  
Naomi Weintraub
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
School Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Student Teacher Relationship ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Cross National

BACKGROUND: Cross-national comparisons of students’ school quality of life (QoL) can support our understanding of factors that may affect students’ health and well-being at school. OBJECTIVE: To compare Canadian and Israeli students’ perception of their school QoL. METHODS: The Quality of Life at School Questionnaire (QoLS) was administered to 1231 students in 4th to 6th grades from Canada (n = 629) and Israel (n = 602), measuring: Physical Environment, Positive Attitudes, Student-Teacher Relationship, and Psychosocial. RESULTS: The Canadian students scored significantly higher than the Israeli students on all domains. The two-way ANOVA did not show a statistically significant interaction between country and gender nor age. However, within each country, girls and 4th grade students reported higher overall QoLS. CONCLUSIONS: This study lends support for the universal aspects of perceived QoL at school. This information may serve clinicians and educators in setting goals and developing programs to enhance students’ school QOL.

The ESRC Growing Older research programme, 1999–2004

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 657-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALAN WALKER
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Full Capacity ◽  
The Uk

This article introduces the seven specially commissioned papers in this special issue of Ageing & Society from the projects funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council's Growing Older Programme. The ESRC Programme has been the largest single investment in social sciences research on ageing in the United Kingdom. It comprised 24 projects and, when operating at full capacity, 96 researchers. The article details the background to the Programme, its commissioning process, its eventual structure and how it operated. Then a selection is made of some of the ways in which the Programme has contributed new knowledge to social gerontology. No attempt is made to achieve comprehensive coverage of the Programme's topics but rather a selection is presented of the new insights generated under its six themes: defining and measuring quality of life, inequalities in quality of life, technology and the built environment, healthy and active ageing, family and support networks, and participation and activities in later life. The projects were spread unevenly across these themes but important new knowledge has been produced under each theme. The conclusion emphasises the scientific contribution of the Programme and especially the extent to which older people's own attitudes, aspirations and preferences have been at the forefront, but it questions whether or not policy makers and practitioners will use this major evidence base.

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