Interrelation of Subjective and Objective Indicators in Assessing Quality of Life (illustrated by VEB.RF Index)
https://doi.org/10.21686/2413-2829-2023-1-38-54
Abstract
The currenttrendinworkingoutthequalityoflifeindexistheuseofbothobjectiveandsubjectiveindicators. The articlestudiesapproachestoconceptualizationofqualityoflifeandevaluatestheacademicacceptabilityofexisting Russian andinternationalindicesofthequalityoflife. The goalofthepresentarticleistoassesstheinterrelationofobjectiveandsubjectivefiguresinthestructureofqualityoflifeindicesonthebasisof VEB.RF Index. The analysiswascarriedoutbyestimatingthedependenceofthequalityoflifeperceptiononthelevelofeducation, comfortofdwellings, accessibilityofmedicalinstitutionsandfoodstores, contaminationoftheatmosphere, thelevelofprofits, senseofsecurityandhealthindicators (basedondataof 2021). The choiceof VEB.RF Index asananalyticaltoolwasgroundedbythefactthatitsdatabase, incontrasttootherindices, isopenanditsstructureisbasedbothonobjectiveandsubjectiveindicators. The authorsidentifiedthecorrelationbetweenobjectiveandsubjectiveindicatorsanditprovesthenecessitytotakeintoaccountbothtypesofindicatorsforworkingoutthequalityoflife indices.
About the Authors
A. V. Samokhin
VEB.RF
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrei V. Samokhin PhD, Chief Managing Director
10 Vozdvizhenka Str., Moscow, 125009
S. A. Myasnikov
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Stanislav A. Myasnikov PhD, Associate Professor for Faculty of Social Sciences
20 Myasnitskaya Str., Moscow, 101000
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Samokhin A.V., Myasnikov S.A. Interrelation of Subjective and Objective Indicators in Assessing Quality of Life (illustrated by VEB.RF Index). Vestnik of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. 2023;20(1):38-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21686/2413-2829-2023-1-38-54
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