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Silvija Kristapsone
Health care system’s and health self-evaluation of Latvia inhabitants in the context of the European quality of life survey (EQLS) of 2011 and 2016
The quality of the inhabitants of the country is a decisive factor influencing production. At the same time one of the factors characterizing the quality of the inhabitants is their health. Researches of scientists in the last decades have proved mutual interrelation of health of the inhabitants and economic growth: a healthy nation is an important factor of economic growth and vice versa, i.e., the economic growth improves the inhabitants’ health improving life quality in total. The subjective evaluation of the life quality supplements the official statistical information. The European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) is an approved quality supervision and analysis tool that has taken place f…
The subjective and objective evaluation of accomodation in Latvia in the aftercrisis period
The most important wishes of people concentrate on the tendency to reach vitally significant factors (well-being, security, sustainability) that are realized through various channels – education, employment, family, material prosperity a.o.). One of the basic needs of an individual is a need for a physical shelter or a dwelling, yet, a dwelling is not only a roof over the head - it is also an indicator of the life quality. In its turn, it includes also the location of the dwelling, its technical conditions, as well as the living space – all influences the quality of life. Thereby the satisfaction with the dwelling can be linked with the satisfaction with life and well-being. On the side of …
Changes in the subjective assessment of quality of life in Latvia and the European Union: results of European quality of life survey 2016
Assessment of quality of life covers a variety of areas - economic conditions, housing, local environment, employment, education, household structure and family relations, work-life balance, health and healthcare, subjective well-being, quality of society. The assessment of quality of life does not always coincide with the macroeconomic indicators of the country, e.g. GDP. It includes a number of subjective indicators, which frequently show a different situation and trends than the macroenomic indicators. The European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) is a tested tool of monitoring and analysing the quality of life in the EU and is seeing its fourth issue in 2016. The purpose of this article is…