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PHYSICAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX

The “physical quality of life index” is the attempt that measures the quality of life in a country which is the average of three statistics. These are namely mortality of babies, basic literacy rate and expectancy of life.

Introduction 

The “physical quality of life index” is an attempt at the measurement of the quality of the well-being of life in a country. The value of the “physical quality of life index” is based on the rate of basic literacy, the expectancy of life at one age, and mortality of newborn. The study is going to discuss the “physical quality of life index” that shows the best performance as the maximum and the worst as the minimum. The “living index” is also going to be determined in the study that represents the attempt on the performance of the cities on the different parameters. Additionally, the “quality of life index” is going to be demonstrated in the study. 

Discussion

Definition of “physical quality of life index”

The “physical quality of life index” was developed for the development council of the overseas in the year 1970 by Morris Davis Morris. The “physical quality of life index” is used for the dissatisfaction with the use of GNP as the development of indicators. The “physical quality of life index” measures the quality of the well-being or life of the country. The “physical quality of life index” is regarded as the improvement of the economy and shares the normal problems of the quality measurement. 

The indicator of “physical quality of life index”

The “physical quality of life index” largely replaces the development of the United Nations programs that also develop the index of human development. The conceptual process of the “physical quality of life index” leads to the development of the economy with the highly instructive concern. The methodological dilemmas of the “physical quality of life index” confronted the social index builders from 1960 to 1970. The three indicators of the “physical quality of life index” are basic literacy rate, the average year of life expectancy, and infant mortality at the age of one. 

Definition of the “living index”

The “living index” is the parameter that determines the ease of the human life of the city. The “living index” is measured through the quality of life, sustainability, economical ability, and perceptions. The ease of “living index” is the part of the environment of the state that is rated out of 100 in all parameters. The categories of the population of the city are measured through the “living index” along with the countries under the smart program. 

The high cost of the “living index”

The high cost of the “living index” views the various living costs in different cities. The cost of living in the city is expressed as 100, then this is called the high cost of “living index”. The high cost of the “living index” destination of the index against the value. The cost of the “living index” finds the exact same price of the goods and services through the different methods of calculation. The “living index” is the assessment technique that evaluates the quality of life and has an impact on the different initiatives for rural area development. 

The number one country in the “quality of life index”

The “quality of life index” provides the overall view at the literacy and health of the country and also contributes to the development of the area. The “quality of life index” helps to measure the success of the improvement of the rank of the country, city, and state. The methods break certain aspects of the “quality of life index” of each city for the expanded view of the country. Of the 83 countries, Switzerland is the best country on the “quality of life index”. 

The calculation of the “quality of life index”

As the “quality of life index” is based on the values of the average of the three statistics and the average of those three statistics are called the “quality of life index”. All three statistics can be equally weighted from 0 to 100 scales that are used in dental literacy. The “quality of life index” presents the state, country, and city. The conceptual process is leading to the development of the social index through the “quality of life index” and replacing the development programs. 

Conclusion

The “physical quality of life index” is the attempt that measures the quality of life and well-being of the country that is determined in the study. The “physical quality of life index” measures the international and national well-being and noneconomic social indicators. The “living index” is the price of a theoretical index that measures the cost of living on area or time. The ranking of the “living index” is announced for the cities with the population of the million that are described in the study. The “quality of life index” is the value of the average of the three statistics such as normal literacy rate, life expectancy, and mortality of a child at one age. The three “quality of life index” is equality weighted on a 0 to 100 scale that is used in dental literacy. The “quality of life index” can be presented by the country, city or state.