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Kislitsyna O. A.
Head of Sector of Life Quality Measurement, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), PhD (Economics), Professor

New global movement: measuring of progress and quality of life (wellbeing)
(Russia, Moscow)

Each year international debates on the limitation in the use of GNP and other possibilities of measuring socio-economic progress and the quality of life (wellbeing) are growing in scope, including the increase of various organs, organizations and research groups that address this topic. The article describes the major international and national initiatives aiming at measuring societal progress and the quality of life (wellbeing)

Key words: quality of life, wellbeing, societal progress, methods of research of the quality of life, indices of the quality of life, integral indices of the quality of life

Pages: 81 - 86

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Сноски
1 Респондентов просят представить себе лестницу от 0 до 10, где ступень 0 означает наихудшую жизнь, а ступень 10 — наилучшую жизнь, и показать, как им кажется, на какой ступени они стоят в настоящее время.
2 Это мера количества земли в расчете на душу населения, необходимой для поддержания уровня потребления в стране, измеренная в терминах глобальных гектаров (g ha), которые представляют собой гектар земли со средней продуктивной биоемкостью.
3 http://www.misuredelbenessere.it/index.php?id=documents
4 http://www.stateoftheusa.org/
5 http://www.gallup.com/175196/gallup–healthways–index–methodology.aspx
6 http://www.bostonindicators.org/
7 http://vaperforms.virginia.gov/
8 http://bniajfi.org/
9 http://www.longislandindex.org/
10 http://www.andi.org.au/
11 http://www.hrf.com.au/hunter-insights/social-wellbeing/wellbeing-watch
12 http://www.communityindicators.net.au/
13 http://atlas.socpol.ru/indexes/index_life.shtml
14 http://www.protown.ru/russia/obl/articles/7701.html

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