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Law, Ben M F.; Shek, Daniel T. L.; Ma, Cecilia M. S. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
Participation in volunteer services can be regarded as an indicator of quality of life among adolescents. The Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) has long been used to assess the underlying motives of volunteers. Owing to conceptual, methodological and empirical limitations, the VFI could not be fully endorsed to understand Chinese adolescent…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
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Chua, Hoi-wai; Wong, Anthony K. W.; Shek, Daniel T. L. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Surviving the aftermaths of the Asian Financial Crisis and SARS in 2003, Hong Kong's economy has re-gained its momentum and its economic growth has been quite remarkable too in recent few years. Nevertheless, as reflected by the Social Development Index (SDI), economic growth in Hong Kong does not seem to have benefited the people of the city at…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Social Planning, Quality of Life, Social Indicators