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Since quality of life and low quality of life are inter-related with each other, the status of
life can be promoted with hard labour.
Activity: 2

Discuss in group to promote the quality of life of people in your family and society.

Activity: 3

Prepare a project report on quality of life.

Summary
1. Quality of life is related with the improvement of comfort required for survival i.e.,
making goods and services easily available to the people.
2. Some people define quality of life on the basis of economic prosperity, some define
it according to individual’s priority and philosophy of life.
3. Quality of life is the condition in which there is satisfaction and happiness with the
fulfillment of needs of people.
4. According to UNESCO Seminar on Quality of Life and Environmental Indicators
in 1976 “Quality of life is the sense of being pleased or satisfied with those life
elements that are most important to a person.”
5. For living a successful and prosperous family life, quality of life is necessary.
6. The basic needs for survival include food, clothes, shelter, good health, security, etc.
Quality life plays an important role in the fulfillment of these needs.
7. Quality education helps to prepare skilled and efficient people for future.
8. The management of health services and facilities help to keep the members of the
family healthy.
9. Women Employment is the process of making the women powerful by giving
quality education, skill oriented training or special conservation. Families living
quality of life can provide these facilities to empower the females.
10. Malnutrition is the cause of different types of diseases. This results to low quality of life.
11. A harmonious environment can be maintained in the family with mutual
understanding, co-operation, sharing love and affection etc.
12. Good health is also considered as a component of quality of life.
13. Sanitation in the environment makes it clean, green and healthy. It helps us to
prevent diseases as well as live active and long life.
14. Human beings cannot be satisfied only with physical and economic prosperity. For
living quality life, they need freedom.
15. A good house should have separate rooms for kitchen, toilet, bedroom, dining
room, store, etc. It should also be airy and bright.
16. The fulfillment of basic needs like food, clothes, shelter, etc. is one of the major index
of economic development of a nation that shows the quality of life of the people.
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