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Quality of Life in Mexico: A Formative Measurement Approach

Abstract  

Improving quality of life for community members has become increasingly important for policy makers and society in general.
This article presents the results from a representative sample of citizens from south-western Mexico. Because it is argued
that quality of life indexes are formative rather than reflective, an advanced statistical method (partial least square) is
used to analyze the data. The quality of life index used in the study includes the domains of health, income, work, education,
safety, public services, non-governmental community services, social contact, and happiness. The results suggest that monetary-oriented
indicators such as income and work are less important for respondents than domains such as happiness, social contact, or community
services. However, for some of the domains, age and gender inequalities are observed.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Pages 1-16
  • DOI 10.1007/s11482-011-9164-4
  • Authors
    • Reto Felix, Department of Business Administration, University of Monterrey, Morones Prieto 4500 Pte., San Pedro Garza García, 66238 NL, Mexico
    • Jose Garcia-Vega, Department of Economics, University of Monterrey, Morones Prieto 4500 Pte., San Pedro Garza García, 66238 NL, Mexico
    • Journal Applied Research in Quality of Life
    • Online ISSN 1871-2576
    • Print ISSN 1871-2584
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 01/14/2012 | Link to this post on IFP |
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