Chapter 3 Questions

What effects quality of life ?

"The Three L's"

Living Standard

Why is the Human Development Index Important ?

Basic Rights

The houses people live in usually indicate the living standard in that area. Living standards such as where people live have huge effects on the quality of life in that area.

What effects quality of life ? Well there are many things that effect quality of life, basic things like safety from danger, clean air and water, somewhere to live, food and education but there are other more complicated things that effect life. Such as "The Three L's"

Life Expectancy

Literacy Rate

Life expectancy is usually better in places with safe supplies like water and food and better technology and hospital care. This is big thing that effects quality of life depending on where you live.

Everybody need a basic education to live a basic life but in some places they struggle to pay to build schools which will lower the literacy rate by a lot which also have a big impact on peoples quality of life.

Human Development Index (HDI) is a tool that is used to show life expectancy, education, and income. The Human Development Index is important because it implies whether a country is developed, still developing, or underdeveloped.The HDI is still being used and updated each year to draw the attentions to the governments, and to international organizations. The top couple of countries are considered the "Very high human developed" and are considered as developed.

Why is it that some countries have no data ?

Why do countries have different living standards ?

Living standards is the amount of goods and services people can purchase (purchasing power). The number one reason that countries living standards are high or low is because of wealth.

Well when data is collected from countries it is collected by the UN (United Nations) Now the reason that some countries dont have data is because those countries arent a part on the UN so they are not included in the surveys. This is because they UN is only made up of representatives from certain countries and some countries are not included. This is why they have no data.

Lower Living Standards

Countries have lower living standards because in some places people are less educated, and can not produce as much, or are unable to afford goods.

High Living Standards

Countries have higher living standards because some people produce a lot more then people in other countries. Places such as Canada have a higher living standard because it is a wealthy country and there are many job opportunities for people to earn money.

Why don't richer countries help poorer countries ?

Well places like Canada that have very high Expectancy rates, Literacy rates and Living standards are usually developed countries. Where as the countries near the bottom of those lists are developing countries so higher up countries dont help those countries somewhat don't get me wrong but they eventually stop helping them because they get into conflicts and such and the higher countries don't want to blow all there money.

What Countries compare when I evaluate factors of quality of life ?

When I think of countries that have most of the same quality of life as Canada, the country that I think of is the United States. Literacy, life expectancy, and living standards (the three L's) are very similar. Although Canada dose have better number the United States is pretty close.

Canada

United States

life expectancy = 81.24

life expectancy = 78.74

Living standards = "Very high human developed".

living standards = "Very high human developed."

Literacy = total percent.. 98.0

Literacy = Rank.. 28 total percent .. 99.0

Chapter 3 - Questions

By Sarah and Lucas