Integrating subjective and objective measures in quality of life research

Robert J. Stimson, Rod McCrea, Robert W. Marans and Noah J. Webster

Chapter 7 in Handbook of Quality of Life Research, 2024, pp 94-110 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The integrative approach investigating quality of life (QOL) is about how people’s assessment of life satisfaction and specific domains may be influenced by their perceptions and individual characteristics, and the objective environmental context in which they live, work and play. This is important from a policy, planning and design perspective where the concern is to enhance people’s QOL/well-being through interventions shaping or changing the objective environment. A range of theoretical perspectives and conceptual models that relate physical and social dimensions of environmental settings to subjective evaluations of QOL and life domains are discussed. A case study of the Brisbane-South East Queensland metro region is presented to illustrate the use of GIS tools to enhance modelling frameworks along with the use of structural equation modelling to investigate the pathways between subjective QOL and objective attributes of people and of a situational/environmental context.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Sociology and Social Policy; Sustainable Development Goals; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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