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Research on perceived quality of life to date has been confined to industrialized countries mostly in the West. As a result, very little has been known about the quality of life perceived and desired by the people living in industrializing countries. This study has sought to fill this void by analyzing data collected from a national sample survey conducted recently in Korea. The analysis has produced a number of results which do not accord with those from research undertaken in industrialized countries.
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Lee, H., Kim, KD. & Shin, D.C. Perceptions of quality of life in an industrializing country: The case of the Republic of Korea. Soc Indic Res 10, 297–317 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00301097
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