Rural Quality of Life – Poverty, Satisfaction and Opportunity Deprivation in Different Types of Rural Territories

Bernard, Josef

doi:10.2478/euco-2018-0012

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“…This leads to further deepening the urban-rural disparity with respect to life quality, for example, in the access to infrastructure and therefore possibilities of development [58,105]; this problem is stronger in Poland than in Western Europe [106]. Also, Bernard's study [107] conducted in Czechia presented some disadvantages of rural areas rather specific to Eastern European Countries (e.g., limited availability of jobs, problems with access to certain services). Some authors have indicated that the reason for the urban-rural gap was rapid urbanization and industrialization, which can be seen as a significant determinant of rural sustainable development [99,108].…”

Section: The Concept Of "Quality Of Life" (Qol) and Farmers' Lifementioning

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Between the Social and Economic Dimensions of Sustainability in Rural Areas—In Search of Farmers’ Quality of Life

Wojewódzka-Wiewiórska

Kłoczko-Gajewska

Sulewski

2019

Sustainability

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Life quality is an important indicator of sustainable development. Farmers’ quality of life strongly affects the farm’s viability. The main goal of this study was to identify the relationships between three main components of farmers’ quality of life: economic situation, living conditions, and mental comfort. In the first phase of the study, the theoretical model representing potential relationships between quality of life components was constructed, and in the second phase the relationships were verified with the use of the structural equation modelling method. The sample consisted of 600 farmers participating in the Polish Farm Accountancy Data Framework (FADN). In the analyses, data from the FADN database and data obtained during supplementary interviews with farmers were used. The analyses revealed that living conditions are significantly and positively correlated with the economic situation and mental comfort, while mental comfort turned out to be negatively correlated with the economic situation. It was concluded that future agricultural and rural development policies should be more focused on the social dimension of sustainable development than before, particularly considering the fact that a farmer’s higher engagement in the improvement of their family’s economic condition might result in lowering their mental comfort due to the stress and work overload.

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Section: The Concept Of "Quality Of Life" (Qol) and Farmers' Lifementioning

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Between the Social and Economic Dimensions of Sustainability in Rural Areas—In Search of Farmers’ Quality of Life

Wojewódzka-Wiewiórska

Kłoczko-Gajewska

Sulewski

2019

Sustainability

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“…It is positive that, despite the above, QOL research is ongoing even in least developed countries [16][17][18], enriching the epistemology of QOL with a non-Western perspective. Bernard [19] observes the increased attention paid to the countryside after the divergent electoral outcomes in the USA, France, and the UK in urban and rural, often marginalized, parts of these countries became apparent. The impact of QOL on presidential outcomes in Czechia is explored by Murgaš [20,21].…”

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Urban-Rural Dichotomy of Quality of Life

Petrovič

Maturkanič

2022

Sustainability

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This paper is focused on the urban-rural dichotomy as one of the dichotomies of quality of life (QOL). The first objective is to find out whether the quality of urban life, or the quality of rural life, is higher in Czechia. The hypothesis assumes that the quality of urban life is higher. The second objective is to identify predictors of QOL and compare values for the residents of cities and villages. In the Theoretical Background section, we discuss cities and urban life, plus villages and rural life. In the QOL section, we explore the quality of urban and rural life in Czechia, and give examples of QOL measurements in Czech municipalities. In the Measurement and Findings section we measure QOL with a subjective indicator on the Cantril scale, and derive findings from these measurements. The correlations between QOL and other variables yield very strong predictors of both urban and rural quality of life. The measurements also yielded two “by products”: The first was the finding that women’s measured values are, except for women’s quality of city life, higher than the measured values of men. The second was the finding that the combination of quality of place and quality of the environment, which we named ‘geographical matter’, was rated higher by the respondents than the combination of QOL and happiness, which we named ‘psychological matter’.

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“…These restrictions reduce the QoL in these areas and provide fewer living conditions compared to cities, and therefore reduce population. (Bernard 2018). The goal of QoL in rural spaces is to stabilize the population of rural households and their fair access to resources in rural areas (Pourtaheri et al 2011).…”

Section: Qol In Rural Areasmentioning

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Investigating the Quality of Life in Rural Areas of Tehran, Iran: Application of World Health Organization Standard Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF)

Ardestani

Choobchian

Sadighi

et al. 2022

Preprint

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This research has been an attempt to study the Quality of Life (QoL) in rural regions of Tehran, which is one of the metropolises of Iran. This survey study applied a non-experimental method in rural regions of Tehran, i.e., the causal-correlational approach, which has studied the status of QoL and its relationship with general health and life satisfaction. The statistical population of the study included 61402 households. A multi-stage random sampling method was used for sampling (n=382). The findings revealed that among the four aspects of QoL, physical health (with an average of 3.62) had the highest rank. Furthermore, the psychological health, social relations, and environmental situation were in the second to fourth ranks, respectively, with an average of 3.37, 3.17, and 3.15. The results revealed that the total score of QoL in the range of 4-20 was equal to 13.31, and in the range of 0-100, it was 58.18. Therefore, the QoL in rural areas of the metropolis of Tehran is not desirable and needs urgent care. The results of this research can be used to prioritize policy-making and planning for rural development and the achievement of millennial goals.

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Rural Quality of Life – Poverty, Satisfaction and Opportunity Deprivation in Different Types of Rural Territories

Cited by 22 publications

References 40 publications

Between the Social and Economic Dimensions of Sustainability in Rural Areas—In Search of Farmers’ Quality of Life

Between the Social and Economic Dimensions of Sustainability in Rural Areas—In Search of Farmers’ Quality of Life

Urban-Rural Dichotomy of Quality of Life

Investigating the Quality of Life in Rural Areas of Tehran, Iran: Application of World Health Organization Standard Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF)

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