Assessing Domains in Quality of Life―A Case Study

Sayanti Sen¹, Goutam Sen²

¹Department of Geography, Bangabasi College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India.
²School of Oceonographic Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ojs.2014.411089                

Abstract

Mining in India has developed haphazardly with a significant part of mining activities being informal or unauthorised. Open cast quarries, coal washeries, thermal power plants, coke-oven plants, etc., contribute to serious air and water pollution. The aim of this paper is to assess the QoL of residents living in Jharia coalfield. In this study, QoL domains are analysed considering the social, cultural, environmental, health and economic condition of the study areas. A path model has been developed to analyse the cascading effect on domains. The purpose of investigating path model with overall quality of life was to contribute to the subjective wellbeing literature by analyzing the predictors of OQoL in the sample population. Therefore, OQoL was used as the dependent variable of a regression analysis using four domains as variables and leveraging path analysis method to arrive at the causal model.

Keywords

Quality of Life, Path Analysis, Minning, Jharia

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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