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Community Well-Being and National Well-Being: The Opinion of Young People

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The aim of this chapter is to present the opinion of young people living in the South Conurban area of Buenos Aires, Argentina about the quality of life in the community and the quality of life in the country. During 2013–2014 we developed a research project about young people’s quality of life and inequalities in which a questionnaire were administered to 443 persons. The results showed a medium level of satisfaction with quality of life in the community and with quality of life in the country. Considering that community quality of life is a predictor of general quality of life (Sirgy et al. ARQOL 3(2):81–105, 2008), it is important to mention the necessity of empower the social participation and the public space as scenario of relationship and identification between citizens.

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    Greater Buenos Aires is a densely populated zone surrounding the country’s capital, which is characterized by the existence of quarters with clearly differentiated features. There are neighbourhoods inhabited by population living in poverty, others considered middle-class, and even residential quarters inhabited by people who enjoy a high economic status.

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    CALIDAD DE VIDA Y DESIGUALDADES: una propuesta alternativa para su estudio y medición/QUALITY OF LIFE AND INEQUALITIES: an alternative proposition for its study and measurement. Director Dr. Graciela Tonon. LOMASCyT Program. Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina (2013–2014).

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Tonon, G. (2017). Community Well-Being and National Well-Being: The Opinion of Young People. In: Phillips, R., Wong, C. (eds) Handbook of Community Well-Being Research. International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0878-2_28

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