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The Quality of Life in Asia [electronic resource] : A Comparison of Quality of Life in Asia / by Takashi Inoguchi, Seiji Fujii.

By: Inoguchi, Takashi [author.].
Contributor(s): Fujii, Seiji [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Quality of Life in Asia: 1Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: XII, 247 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789048190720.Subject(s): Social sciences | Quality of Life | Regional economics | Social policy | Quality of Life -- Research | Social Sciences | Quality of Life Research | Social Policy | Political Science, general | Regional/Spatial Science | Social Sciences, generalDDC classification: 306 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Table of content- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quality of Life in Twenty-nine Societies in Asia -- 3. Comparison of Quality of Life between Societies -- 4. Key Characteristics of Quality of Life in Asia and its Sub-regions: East, Southeast, South, and Central Asia -- 5. Conclusion.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book comprehensively and systematically explores demographic profile, lifestyles, value priorities, and subjective and objective quality of life of the ordinary citizens in most societies in Asia, utilizing the AsiaBarometer Surveys conducted annually from 2003 through 2008. The surveyed area encompasses 29 societies in East, Southeast, South and Central Asia. The book examines life quality in each individual society and compares it between societies. In addition, the book studies generalized characteristics of life quality in the entire and sub-regions of Asia. This book is intended for scholars in the fields of quality of life, political science, sociology and economics as well as for policymakers.
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Table of content- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quality of Life in Twenty-nine Societies in Asia -- 3. Comparison of Quality of Life between Societies -- 4. Key Characteristics of Quality of Life in Asia and its Sub-regions: East, Southeast, South, and Central Asia -- 5. Conclusion.

This book comprehensively and systematically explores demographic profile, lifestyles, value priorities, and subjective and objective quality of life of the ordinary citizens in most societies in Asia, utilizing the AsiaBarometer Surveys conducted annually from 2003 through 2008. The surveyed area encompasses 29 societies in East, Southeast, South and Central Asia. The book examines life quality in each individual society and compares it between societies. In addition, the book studies generalized characteristics of life quality in the entire and sub-regions of Asia. This book is intended for scholars in the fields of quality of life, political science, sociology and economics as well as for policymakers.

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