Exercise and life expectancy

Over a million urban poor work in Bangladesh's garment industry. The vast majority are women, who are captive walkers to their jobs, mainly due to financial constraints. The routes they use to walk to their job locations are often not conducive for walking and thus have an impact on their quality-of-life. The walking environment on these routes is often poor in terms of safety, security, convenience, comfort and visual intrusion. These are all aspects that relate to a person's (individual) well-being. In this paper the relationship between walkability and quality-of-life is studied looking at

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Understanding the Relationship Between Walkability and Quality-of-Life of Women Garment Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Shumi¹,

Zuidgeest

Martínez

et al. 2014

Applied Research Quality Life

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Exercise and life expectancy

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Understanding the Relationship Between Walkability and Quality-of-Life of Women Garment Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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