Taraf hidup: Perbezaan antara semakan

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'''Taraf hidup''' umumnya diukur menerusi piawai seperti [[pendapatan benar]] (iaitu pendapatan terlaras [[inflasi]]) setiap orang dan [[kadar kemiskinan]]. Ukuran-ukuran yang lain seperti ketersediaan dan kualiti [[penjagaan kesihatan]], [[Ketaksamaan ekonomi|ketaksamaan pertumbuhan pendapatan]] dan taraf [[pendidikan]] juga digunakan. Contoh-contohnya termasuk keupayaan memiliki sesetengah barang (misalnya bilangan [[peti sejuk]] setiap 1,000 orang), atau ukuran kesihatan seperti [[jangka hayat]]. Taraf hidup ialah mudahnya seseorang yang hidup pada sesuatu masa dan tempat dapat memenuhi keperluan mereka.
 
Gagasan terhadap 'taraf' boleh dibezakan dengan [[mutu kehidupan]] yang mengambil kira bukan sahaja taraf hidup kebendaan tetapi juga aspek-aspek kehidupan yang tidak begitu ketara seperti masa lapang, keselamatan, sumber budaya, kehidupan sosial, [[kesihatan fizikal]], isu kualiti persekitaran, dan sebagainya. Cara mengukur [[kesejahteraan]] harus digunakan untuk membuat pertimbangan, dan ini sering amat bersifat politik dan oleh itu, amat berkontroversi. Walaupun dua buah negara atau masyarkat mempunyai taraf hidup kebendaan yang sama, faktor-faktor mutu kehindupan boleh menjadikan sesuatu tempat lebih menarik kepada sesesuatu orang atau kelompok.
The idea of a 'standard' may be contrasted with the [[quality of life]], which takes into account not only the material standard of living, but also other more intangible aspects that make up human life, such as leisure, safety, cultural resources, social life, [[physical health]], environmental quality issues etc. More complex means of measuring well-being must be employed to make such judgments, and these are very often political, thus controversial. Even between two nations or societies that have similar material standards of living, quality of life factors may in fact make one of these places more attractive to a given individual or group.
 
However, there can be problems even with just using numerical averages to compare material standards of living, as opposed to, for instance, a [[Pareto index]] (a measure of the breadth of income or wealth distribution). Standards of living are perhaps inherently subjective. As an example, countries with a very small, very rich upper class and a very large, very poor lower class may have a high [[mean]] level of income, even though the majority of people have a low "standard of living". This mirrors the problem of [[poverty]] measurement, which also tends towards the relative. This illustrates how distribution of income can disguise the actual '''Standard of living'''.