A comparative quality of life survey in Elsies River and Basuto QwaQwa

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dc.contributor.advisorEllis, GFRen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorErlank, Den_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T04:22:52Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T04:22:52Z
dc.date.issued1985en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 199-204.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is concerned with developing a method for determining the Quality of Life of a group or community in quantitative terms. The method devised is aimed at providing decision-makers with a useful tool when allocating public funds. The method involves setting critical values for indicators and then applying a mathematical formula, in order to standardise information gathered from several different sources. A value for the indicator of a particular group or community is thus calculated. This procedure made it possible to compare data from these different sources. Arising out of this the values for individual indicators were aggregated to produce indices evaluating the Quality of Life, which are in a form that may be readily used by decision-makers. Surveys were run in Elsies River, a coloured suburb of Cape Town, and in Basuto QwaQwa, a homeland in the Orange Free State, using two questionnaires. The results were computed and the method developed here used to compare and aggregate the data. Other sources of data included opinions from experts and objective data concerning the two survey areas which were also standardised and aggregated. The results show that the method is pragmatic and could be useful to decision-makers. The standardisation provided the means for arriving at the indices which show how different aspects of the Quality of Life may be assessed. The results, however, are not absolute and could change through a process of negotiation: in fact this is an essential qualification.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationErlank, D. (1985). <i>A comparative quality of life survey in Elsies River and Basuto QwaQwa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15795en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationErlank, D. <i>"A comparative quality of life survey in Elsies River and Basuto QwaQwa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15795en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationErlank, D. 1985. A comparative quality of life survey in Elsies River and Basuto QwaQwa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Erlank, D AB - This thesis is concerned with developing a method for determining the Quality of Life of a group or community in quantitative terms. The method devised is aimed at providing decision-makers with a useful tool when allocating public funds. The method involves setting critical values for indicators and then applying a mathematical formula, in order to standardise information gathered from several different sources. A value for the indicator of a particular group or community is thus calculated. This procedure made it possible to compare data from these different sources. Arising out of this the values for individual indicators were aggregated to produce indices evaluating the Quality of Life, which are in a form that may be readily used by decision-makers. Surveys were run in Elsies River, a coloured suburb of Cape Town, and in Basuto QwaQwa, a homeland in the Orange Free State, using two questionnaires. The results were computed and the method developed here used to compare and aggregate the data. Other sources of data included opinions from experts and objective data concerning the two survey areas which were also standardised and aggregated. The results show that the method is pragmatic and could be useful to decision-makers. The standardisation provided the means for arriving at the indices which show how different aspects of the Quality of Life may be assessed. The results, however, are not absolute and could change through a process of negotiation: in fact this is an essential qualification. DA - 1985 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1985 T1 - A comparative quality of life survey in Elsies River and Basuto QwaQwa TI - A comparative quality of life survey in Elsies River and Basuto QwaQwa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15795 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15795
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationErlank D. A comparative quality of life survey in Elsies River and Basuto QwaQwa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, 1985 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15795en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mathematics and Applied Mathematicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherBasic needs assessmenten_ZA
dc.subject.otherData management toolsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherApplied Mathematicsen_ZA
dc.titleA comparative quality of life survey in Elsies River and Basuto QwaQwaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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