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Quality of Life and Standard of Living

ENACTUS TRAINING. Measurement Tools. Quality of Life and Standard of Living. Developed by D Caspersz & D Bejr , 2013. All enactus projects should meet the enactus judging criterion.

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Quality of Life and Standard of Living

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  1. ENACTUS TRAINING Measurement Tools Quality of Life and Standard of Living Developed by D Caspersz & D Bejr, 2013

  2. All enactus projects should meet the enactusjudging criterion “Considering the relevant economic, social, and environmental factors, which enactus team most effectively empowered people in need by applying business and economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to improve their quality of life and standard of living?”

  3. Measuring Empowerment One method of determining what social change has occur, or how empowered an individual or group of people have become, is to measure their quality of life or/and standard of living.

  4. Variables that can be measured

  5. Standard of Living is… Tangible circumstances or variables in which people live, the goods and services they are able to consume and the economic resources they have access to Such as material comforts, ease of living and opportunities for personal satisfaction. Often ‘income based ‘access’ and ‘affordability’ of items such as: - education or skills development - health care and sanitation - materialistic comforts such as housing, clothes and transportation - sufficient food

  6. Quality of Life is… Intangible variables regarding human welfare or well-being as measured by social indicators. This includes (but is not limited to) factors such as: - self-esteem - overall satisfaction of life - working conditions - ability to care for one’s family - hope in life - acceptance in community, neighborhood and/or work environment

  7. Comparing Quality of Life and Standard of Living Quality of Life • Intangible • Often socially based • Self-esteem • Hope in life • Life satisfaction Standard of Living • Tangible • Often income based • Education attained • Health care available • Access to clean water

  8. Discuss… • What are the differences between quality of life and standard of living? • By targeting one, do you think you will affect the other through your enactus project work? • Do you target both at the same time?

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