Individual quality of life and the environment – towards a concept of livable areas for persons with disabilities in Poland

Abstract Background The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [1] highlights the need to create proper socioeconomic and political conditions for persons with disabilities, with a special focus on their immediate living conditions. According to the Convention, these conditions should be built to ensure that persons with disabilities have the potential to enjoy a high quality of life (QoL), and this principle is reflected in the notion of livable areas. The crucial aspect of this framework is the relationship between the individual QoL and the environment, broadly understood as the socioeconomic as well as the technical conditions in which persons with disabilities function. Methods The basic research problem was to assess the relationship between individual QoL for the population with disabilities as a dependent variable and livability indicators as independent variables, controlling for individual characteristics. The study used a dataset from the EU-SILC (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) survey carried out in 2015 in Poland. The research concept involved several steps. First, we created a variable measuring the QoL for the entire population with disabilities. To measure the multidimensional QoL, we used Sen’s capability approach as a general concept, which was operationalized by the MIMIC (multiple indicators multiple causes) model. In the second step, we identified the livability indicators available in the official statistics, and merged them with survey data. Finally, in the last step, we ran the regression analysis. We also checked the data for the nested structure. Results We confirmed that the general environmental conditions, focused on creating livable areas, played a significant role in shaping the QoL of persons with disabilities; i.e., we found that the higher the level of the local Human Development Index, the higher the quality of life of the individuals living in this area. This relationship held even after controlling for the demographic characteristics of the respondents. Moreover, we found that in addition to the general environmental conditions, the conditions created especially for persons with disabilities (i.e., services for this group and support for their living conditions) affected the QoL of these individuals. Conclusions The results illustrate the need to strengthen policies aimed at promoting the QoL of persons with disabilities by creating access to community assets and services that can contribute to improving the life chances of this population.

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The Relationship of Indonesian Languange Learning with the Environment. Andriyani Muliana

10.31219/osf.io/uxcnz ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Andriyani Muliana

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Human Behavior ◽

Environmental Conditions ◽

Human Activities ◽

Human Life ◽

Common Environment ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The environment is closely related to nature and its creation. Problems faced by humans related to environmental conditions are things that have a big impact. The influence of the environment is very large on human life which makes the benchmark for good or bad human behavior. Because human life depends on the circumstances around him. Problems are often new things, but the things we often encounter in the environment are a variety of problems, such as the most common environment. According to Tung and Wihardjo (in Ramadhan et al, 2019), problems that occur in the environment caused by careless and intensive human activities in the area where he lives, this is done to improve the quality of life of each. Humans are more selfish without the environment when doing things that damage the environment. Whereas the consequences of their own actions will cause various impacts that are detrimental to themselves and others, such as floods that occur due to waste.

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New Approaches to Old Problems: The Well-Being of the Population of Russia from 1821 to 1910 as Measured by Physical Stature

Slavic Review ◽

10.2307/2672985 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. 1-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Boris N. Mironov

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Medical Care ◽

Genetic Factors ◽

Well Being ◽

Living Conditions ◽

Physical Stature ◽

The Relationship ◽

Conditions Of Work

Scholars generally agree on the relationship between the physical stature, or height, of children and adults, and their quality of life, or their biological status, including diet, illnesses, intensity and conditions of work, availability of medical care, living conditions, psychological well-being, climate, water, air, and other environmental factors that have impinged on their lives prior to the point at which their height is measured. Genetic factors have an important effect on individual height, but genetic distinctions lose their significance when masses of individuals are measured and average heights are compared. The same effect holds at the level of entire populations: differences in height are determined, not by ethnic or racial attributes, but by living conditions.

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The relationship between optimism, personal control and quality of life of patients with COPD

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e536932011-050 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

R. Arnold ◽

A. V. Ranchor ◽

N. H. T. ten Hacken ◽

G. H. Koeter ◽

V. Otten ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Personal Control ◽

The Relationship

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Management of Economics and State "Bottom"

Issues of Risk Analysis ◽

10.32686/1812-5220-2020-17-6-76-91 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 76-91

Author(s):

E. D. Solozhentsev

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Probabilistic Models ◽

Human Life ◽

Special Software ◽

Human Quality ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The scientific problem of economics “Managing the quality of human life” is formulated on the basis of artificial intelligence, algebra of logic and logical-probabilistic calculus. Managing the quality of human life is represented by managing the processes of his treatment, training and decision making. Events in these processes and the corresponding logical variables relate to the behavior of a person, other persons and infrastructure. The processes of the quality of human life are modeled, analyzed and managed with the participation of the person himself. Scenarios and structural, logical and probabilistic models of managing the quality of human life are given. Special software for quality management is described. The relationship of human quality of life and the digital economy is examined. We consider the role of public opinion in the management of the “bottom” based on the synthesis of many studies on the management of the economics and the state. The bottom management is also feedback from the top management.

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