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Quality of Life in IrelandQuality of Life After the Boom

Quality of Life in Ireland: Quality of Life After the Boom [Over the past decade the Irish economy has soared and has brought levels of average income to among the highest in the world. This economic ‘miracle’ has generated a great deal of congratulation both at home and abroad, not only because of stellar economic performance but also because, as some commentators believe, Ireland is a good society as well as a strong economy. In 2004, for example, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) forecast that in 2005 Ireland would be the world’s best country to live in — it scored the highest of 111 countries around the world on a quality-of-life index compiled on the basis of nine separate indicators, only one of which — Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita — was economic in the strict sense. Compared to other rich countries, according to the EIU’s analysis, Ireland’s quality-of-life advantage lay primarily in two key social factors: its higher than average level of stability in family life (measured by its low divorce rate) and its stronger community participation (measured by a combination of church attendance and trade union participation). These family and community factors together accounted for about three-quarters of Ireland’s superiority on the quality-of-life index compared to the average for the EU-15 (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2004).] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Quality of Life in IrelandQuality of Life After the Boom

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 32)
Editors: Fahey, Tony; Russell, Helen; Whelan, Christopher T.
Fahey, Tony; Russell, Helen; Whelan, Christopher T.
Quality of Life in Ireland — Jan 1, 2007
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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
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978-1-4020-6980-2
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1 –10
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-6981-9_1
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Abstract

[Over the past decade the Irish economy has soared and has brought levels of average income to among the highest in the world. This economic ‘miracle’ has generated a great deal of congratulation both at home and abroad, not only because of stellar economic performance but also because, as some commentators believe, Ireland is a good society as well as a strong economy. In 2004, for example, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) forecast that in 2005 Ireland would be the world’s best country to live in — it scored the highest of 111 countries around the world on a quality-of-life index compiled on the basis of nine separate indicators, only one of which — Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita — was economic in the strict sense. Compared to other rich countries, according to the EIU’s analysis, Ireland’s quality-of-life advantage lay primarily in two key social factors: its higher than average level of stability in family life (measured by its low divorce rate) and its stronger community participation (measured by a combination of church attendance and trade union participation). These family and community factors together accounted for about three-quarters of Ireland’s superiority on the quality-of-life index compared to the average for the EU-15 (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2004).]

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; Social Housing; Church Attendance; Economic Boom; Irish Society

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