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Direct linkSen, Sayanti; Sen, Goutam; Tewary, B. K. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
Maslow's hierarchy-of-needs theory has been used to predict development of Quality of Life (QOL) in countries over time. In this paper an attempt has been taken to derive a methodological validation of quality of life questionnaire which have been prepared for the study area. The objective of the study is to standardize a questionnaire tool to…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Philip, Neetha – Support for Learning, 2015
Girls with disabilities from lower economic homes are disadvantaged (in terms of gender, disability and poverty) in India, and are often regarded as useless by their communities. There is a need to improve and provide a chance for self-sufficiency among women with disabilities in India. The purpose of this study was to examine the life-chances…
Descriptors: Poverty, Case Studies, Special Needs Students, Cultural Influences
Sengupta, Atanu; Ghosh, Abhijit – Social Indicators Research, 2010
In this paper, we have considered the issues concerning dynamic changes in HDI and its various components from a relative standpoint. The analysis of HDI mobility should entail directional movement introduced by Fields (in Distribution and development: a new look at the developing world. MIT Press, Cambridge, 2001). However, Fields' analysis was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Indicators, Sociometric Techniques, Quality of Life
Pajankar, Vishal D.; Khot, Pranali; Khot, P. G. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
Education especially school education is one of the very important components of social development. Since independence, education has been visualized in government policies as a precursor to national development as well as to better quality of life. Due to the initiative taken by the states and centre, education system in India has expanded…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Economic Development, Quality of Life, Foreign Countries
van Kempen, Luuk – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The paper reports on a field experiment conducted among poor women organized in self-help groups in the north-east of India. The experiment tests in a simple game whether overly optimistic expectations with respect to the benefits of exercising agency reduces one's appreciation of remaining with agency in the future. If so, unrealistic…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Females, Self Help Programs, Foreign Countries
Narayana, M. R. – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This paper analyses and compares the measurement of indicators and variables in the construction of education index in Human Development Index (HDI) at the global, national and 18 sub-national human development reports in India since 1990. The results show non-comparability of measurement of the education indicators and variables. This implies…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries, Social Indicators
