Quality of Life Indicators Compared Across Countries
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3. KJ SOMAIYA COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION,
TRAINING AND RESEARCH
QUALITY OF HUMAN LIFE
NAME: ROOPA. KOTIAN
Subject: Economics Std: IXth
Roll No. 34 B.Ed 2010-11
4. QUALITY OF HUMAN LIFE :
CONTENT
PHYSICAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX
LIFE EXPECTANCY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
LITERACY RATE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX
5. PHYSICAL QUALITY OF LIFE
INDEX
Developed for the
Overseas
Development
Council in the
mid-1970s by Morris
David Morris,
Three Criteria to
formulate this index
3. Life Expectancy
4. Infant Mortality
Rate
5. Literacy Rate
6. LIFE EXPECTANCY RATE
Measured at Birth or
age one.
The maximum value
decided is 77.
The minimum value
decided is 38.
The 2010 report
given by UN says
that Indian life
expectancy rate is
64.6.
7. LIFE EXPECTANCY RATE FROM
1990 TILL 2010
66
64
62
60
LIFE EXPECTANCY
58 RATE
56
54
52
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
9. INFANT MORTALITY RATE
It is number of
infants die every
year per 1000
infants.
Its Maximum value
decided is 229 and
minimum value is
9.
The Current infant
mortality rate in
India is 51 per
1000 birth.
10. INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN
INDIA FROM 1990 TO 2010
90
80
70
60
50
INFANT
40 MORTALITY RATE
30
20
10
0
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
11. LITERACY RATE
It indicates
number of literate
person per 100
persons.
The maximim
value decided is
100 and minimum
value is 0.
In 2009, literacy
rate in India was
65.38.
13. PHYSICAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX
The average of the three indicators
is termed as Physical Quality of Life
Index (PQLI).
Symbolically represented as
PQLI=
Life Expectancy+ Infant mortality rate
+ Literacy Rate
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14. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
(HDI)
It was formulated
by United Nations
Development
Programme’
(UNDP) in 1990.
It has three
indicators:
3. Life Expectancy
4. Educational
Attainment
5. Standard of Living
15. COMPARISION OF LIFE
EXPECTANCY RATE IN INDIA &
OTHER COUNTRIES IN 2005
80
70
60
50
40 LIFE EXPECTANCY
RATE
30
20
10
0
INDIA US UK CHINA
16. EDUCATION ATTAINMENT INDEX
(EAI)
It is 2/3rd of Adult
Literacy Rate and
1/3rd of Combined
Enrollment Ratio.
Large gaps of
enrollment
between rich and
poor
Gender plays a
large but a
variable role
across various
states
17. EDUCATION ATTAINMENT IN INDIA
FROM 1990 TILL 2009
0.72
0.7
0.68
0.66
0.64 EDUACTIONAL
0.62 ATTAINMENT
INDEX
0.6
0.58
0.56
0.54
1990 1995 2000 2005 2009
18. STANDARD OF LIVING
It is the natural
logarithm of GDP
per capita at
Purchasing Power
Parity
The World
Statistics in 2006
clearly states that
people in
Luxembourg
enjoys the highest
standard of living
19. FORMULA FOR HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI)
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX=
LIFE EXPECTANCY + EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT INDEX + STANDARD
OF LIVING INDEX
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20. QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX (QOL)
Developed by Prof.
Dasgupta and Prof.
Weale.
Considered Six
parameters
3. Per Capita Income in
PPP$
4. Infant Mortality Rate
5. Life Expectancy at
Birth
6. Adult Literacy Rate
7. Civil Rights of the
People
8. Political Rights of the
People
21. STEPS TO CONSTRUCT QOL
Its consists socio-economic ,
political and civic indicators
Countries are ranked from best to
worst
Ranks of all indicators are added for
each country
Based on the aggregate score/rank,
countries are once again ranked.
22. QOL OF VARIOUS COUNTIRES IN
2009
80
70
60
50
40 QOL
30
20
10
0
INDIA US CHINA JAPAN GERMANY
23. QUESTIONS
What are three formulators of
Physical Quality of Life Index ?
Answer
Life Expectancy Index
Literacy Rate
Infant Mortality Rate
24. Questions
Who developed Quality of Life Index ?
Answer
Prof. Dasgupta and Prof. Weale
Who formulated Human Development
Index ?
Answer
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)