A 2008 Profile
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Quality of life has been defined as “the product of the interplay among social, health, economic, and environmental conditions which affect human and social development”. Quality of life in any community is influenced by a variety of interrelated factors, such as the local economy, housing, education, environment, heath and personal safety. Because the experience of quality of life is personal, problems in a community may be hidden from many of the people who live there. If our circumstances are comfortable, it takes obvious, community-wide problems like air pollution, traffic jams or blackouts to register. Objective data is needed to inform citizens and policy makers of the true state of those factors that contribute to quality of life.
