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This chapter is dedicated to young people’s quality of life, considering that youth is a social construction in reference with the social context in which young people developed their daily life. To do this, it first explains the evolution of the concepts: social needs, welfare and well-being. Then it presents the concept “quality of life” considering different authors points of view. Finally it characterizes young people’s quality of life.
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Quality of life of young people that live in South Great Buenos Aires. Director Dra. Graciela Tonon. Research Program on Quality of Life. Faculty of Social Sciences. Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (2005–2006).
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The Departments of Great Buenos Aires is the geographical region that surrounds the capital district. Its size is 3,833 km2 and it is organized in 24 departments. The most recent national census (2010) showed that its population is about 9.916.715 inhabitants, which is the equivalent to the fourth part of the total country population that raises to 40.117.096 inhabitants. It is a region that presents polarized life conditions, ranging from settlements of extreme poverty to high-income gated neighborhoods.
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The first translation of the WBI in Argentina was produced by Tonon and Aguirre (2002).
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Tonon, G. (Director). Real opportunities and human capabilities of argentine population. Department of Law and Political Science. Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, Argentina (2007–2008).
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Dr. Paul Anand is the Director of the Capabilities Measurement Project at the Open University, UK.
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The translation and adaptation was produced by Tonon, Rodriguez de la Vega and Aguilera (2006).
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Public hospitals are free in Argentina.
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The different options for each situation have been considered, i.e. we added up the scores that corresponded to completely, to some extent, very much, in safety as well as in unsafety.
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Tonon, G. (2012). Young People’s Quality of Life. In: Young People's Quality of Life and Construction of Citizenship. SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2996-4_1
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