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Walton, D.; Murray, S. J.; Thomas, J. A. – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Two overseas survey-based scales measuring perceived quality of neighbourhood were adapted and replicated in a New Zealand context. An Italian study (Bonaiuto, Fornara, and Bonnes. (2003). "Landscape and Urban Planning," 65, 41-52) measuring Perceived Residential Environmental Quality (PREQ) and an American study (Carp and Carp. (1982).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Welfare Services, Correlation, Social Indicators
Thayer, Nathaniel B. – Wilson Quarterly, 1977
A series of surveys taken from 1953-73 assessed postwar attitudes of the Japanese toward religion, tradition, culture, politics, and aesthetics. Findings indicate that Japanese attitudes have become more oriented to the individual than to society. Available from: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, DC…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Japanese
Campbell, Angus – 1977
Economic analysis of the quality of life in America must consider personal values and social indicators as well as economic indicators. Although the technical procedures and statistical techniques of economic research are constantly improving, the validity of the research is hampered by problems of definition and measurement. Definition and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Decision Making, Definitions, Economic Climate