Insight Liveability

Question

What are objective measures of liveability for countries and why are they important

Answer 1

life spanaff

health care

crime rate

housing, rent prices

food

scenic views

disease, environmental factors

water, safe drinking

political, police corruption

legal system, due process, fairness

racial discrimination

gender equality

tolerance of cultural, ethnic, religious differences

standard of living, cost of living

income levels

job opportunities

education, schools,

quality of life

general index of "happiness" take a survey, are people satisfied with life, dissatisfied, very, or about even?

Answer 2

Is the question here about objective vs. subjective standards, or do you simply want a list of those objective standards.

Defining objective and subjective is easy. If you can measure it and you come up with a concrete value (e.g., the average lifespan, percentage covered by health insurance), then it is objective. It is unaffected by the subject's point of view.

Subjective measures are indiscrete; the answers are murkier and generally more open to interpretation or the point of the view of the observer. For example, measures of one country or one group being "better off" than the other.

And then sometimes there are subjective standards that seem like they might be objective because they give you a number, or are based off objective measures. Walkability, for example, is an index score based off measures of sidewalk mileage, population density, and mixed use developments - objective measures but why does that equal a more walkable city? They were chosen subjectively.

But, if you're looking for a list of objective standards, a simple google search would suffice. I might recommend the AARP. They seem to have their heads around the topic.

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