SOSE Geography Assessment 3
Indicators of Human Wellbeing – Adjusted Student Booklet
Part 1 a
Choose and highlight 5 indicators from the following table that could be used to measure human wellbeing. (The first 2 have already been selected for you)
Human Wellbeing Indicators – Choose 5
Life Expectancy
(health) Internet Users
(technology) Number of mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people
(technology) Satisfactory Housing
(social)
Employment Rate
(economic) Poverty Headcount -$1.25 per day
(social/economic) Change in forest coverage area (environment) Child mortality
(health)
Hints:
Choose as broad a range as possible (i.e. a mixture of social, political, economic, technological and environmental) in order to create a balanced
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1 Life Expectancy I chose life expectancy as an indicator as it gives us an insight in to the health of a country’s population. Countries with higher life expectancies tend to be more developed and experience higher levels of wellbeing. The higher development of the country means they have longer lives and have better medicine etc. to live longer. The countries population usually means that the life expectancy is lower because there is more rural places and that means less medicine and more are likely to die. The less amount of children means that they have a higher chance of having a longer lasting life.
2 Internet
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Countries with internet have less people outside and a lot of people inside playing games and talking over the internet. Internet users have a different life style to countries without internet. Internet can also show that a country is developed or not because if a country has internet it means it is urban and is connected. If there is no internet that mean that it is a rural place and it is not connected and internet users means there is a population drop.
3 Satisfactory housing
I chose satisfactory housing as an indicator as it gives us an insight in to people’s way of life This depends on the size house because the size of land available and it measures wellbeing by the way the house is and is it a proper size. The satisfactory housing can change to places like Australia to japan like in Australia people have the own house usually with a back and front yard unlike japan when people live in apartments and small houses. This can show the population and the amount of people that live in one house and how many children per women.
4 Employment
Use this information to complete the second column of the table below. Feel free to review other Myers Briggs pages as well.
Quality of daily life is a major factor that in presented in this article. Burd-Sharps and Lewis agree when they write:
First, people will get exposed to the internet world. Global connectivity will make it possible for areas with no wireless network to experience the new world of the internet. When people are connected to heart of the internet, they are open to internet age, and where they will be able to find information about the world around them, study for school, and solutions to problems. Like Mark says that worldwide could be an enormous resource for a large number of people who haven’t access the internet world. For rustic areas, where there is no suitable Wifi connectivity, making global connectivity available in those areas, will be a blessing to people who never have the experience of the internet. Also, Furthermore, global connectivity will make it possible for people to socialize with one another. People will start making friends, getting information online, and chatting with people using Wi-Fi technology as a means of global connectivity. For example, Facebook, Skype, and Meetup are websites that people use to connect to one another. These sites makes it easy for people who not are able to talk to people use that as a means of getting to know others
Life expectancy at birth is a strong indicator of the quality of life and environment one is born in. If war, famine, and disease overtake a country, the population less likely to live a long and fulfilling life. A life
- Wellbeing is the condition or state of a human being, animal or plant. There are five types of wellbeing…
I agree with you that the child's wellbeing maybe at risk, but at the same time the mother wouldn't bring her child to the hospital if she thought she did something harmful to her child. it could be that she is a new immigrant to the country and may not know the rules and the regulation of this country, and since the procedure was a normal act in her country she though she could also continue practicing the same tradition here too. Therefore, we also need to take into consideration how much that mother knows about the laws of this country.
There many variety of topics out there to talk or write about. Instead of waiting for the news to come on the television, everyone checks the forecast online now. The forecast online updates regularly and lets other know what to expect when they leave their house. People don’t just use the internet to check the weather but they also shop online. When the store does not have what they are looking for, they search it online for a better price and the online site has more option to choose from. The Internet is also used for socializing with others that does not live close by. Everyone uses the Internet to communicate and meet new people. It is also a great way to keep in touch with those who loves to travel or lives in other countries.
This assignment will discuss different factors that determine health. According to World Health Organisation, “Health has been defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 2017). There are many social determinants factors that can influence health such as socio-economic factors, income, genders, education and cultures. These factors determine health and wellbeing. For example, some people are healthier than other people.
But over the past few decades, the definititon and concept of health has evolved to encompass more elements than just the physical well-being of a person. This is partly attributed to various researches and studies that have taken place around the world in the last 60 years. Already in 1948, the World Health Organization declared that health is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not
(WHO, 1948) describes health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity’? There are other dimensions of health such as physical health, mental health and emotional health which can be broken down and looked at individually.
Indicator 2: Life expectancy (years). This is the average of years a person is expected to live within the nation. This is an indicator of wellbeing because it shows the countries that have a higher advancement of life and which countries have higher health priorities.
I will consider life expectancy, maternal mortality and infant mortality as indicators of global health and analyze their intercountry and time changes.
Bailey J. makes out that in adopting such an approach, it is necessary to extend the net so as to cover wider dimensions of well-being using non-conventional indicators of psychosocial and mental health, and environmental, relational and subjective components. In addition to this there should be an appropriate use of econometric and mathematical tools in order to quantify the variables.
It is one of the biggest contributors in making the world into a global village. Use of internet has grown tremendously since it was introduced. It is mostly because of its flexibility. Nowadays one can access the internet easily. Most people have computers in their homes but even the ones who don't they can always go to cyber cafes where this service is provided.
Additionally, the Internet has benefited the world by connecting users to billions of pieces of information from universities, libraries and databases around the world. No matter where you are in the world as long as you have internet access you can learn anything you need to know about a topic in a matter of minutes. My work on this argument is an example of how the internet is beneficial to all who use it. Without access to the internet, this would have been much more labor intensive. It would have required many evenings away from home spent in a library doing research. Instead, I was able to do all of my research from work and home, which allowed for less time away from my son.