Quality-of-Life Index
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Methodology
The survey uses nine # Health: Life expectancy at birth (in years.) Source: "US Census Bureau" The Economist Intelligence Unit’s quality-of-life index, 2005 legend|#b9b9b9|No Data111 countries and territories were included in the 2005 Quality of Life Index. Countries not listed Many countries/territories, including most of the Notes and References ee also *
title = The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Quality-of-Life Index
publisher = "The Economist"
url = http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/QUALITY_OF_LIFE.pdf
format = PDF
accessdate = 2007-09-12 ] . They are listed below including the indicators used to represent these factors:
# Family life: Divorce rate (per 1,000 population), converted into index of 1 (lowest divorce rates) to 5 (highest). Sources: "UN"; "Euromonitor"
# Community life: Dummy variable taking value 1 if country has either high rate of church attendance or trade-union membership; zero otherwise. Source: "World Values Survey"
# Material well being: GDP per person, at PPP in $. Source: "Economist Intelligence Unit"
# Political stability and security: Political stability and security ratings. Source: "Economist Intelligence Unit"
# Climate and geography: Latitude, to distinguish between warmer and colder climes. Source: "CIA World Factbook"
# Job security: Unemployment rate (%.) Source: "Economist Intelligence Unit"
# Political freedom: Average of indexes of political and civil liberties. Scale of 1 (completely free) to 7 (unfree). Source: "Freedom House"
# Gender equality: measured using ratio of average male and female earnings. Source: "UNDP Human Development Report"
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