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Quality of life and gender: a methodology for urban research

Giulietta Fadda

Urban Planning Department of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Valparaíso, Chile.

Paola Jirón

Housing Institute, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Chile; pjiron{at}chilepac.net

This paper discusses how to undertake research on quality of life from a gender perspective. It begins by discussing how the concept of quality of life (which is concerned with people's sense of well-being) differs from environmental quality and how both can be measured. It then discusses the methodological basis for undertaking research on quality of life with a particular emphasis on seeking a clear understanding of differences in the perceptions of women and men. It ends with a description of how a questionnaire was developed to look in more detail at these differences in two low-income settlements in Santiago, and how group discussions and other measures helped to develop this questionnaire.

Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 11, No. 2, 261-270 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/095624789901100220
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