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Garcia-Rea, Elizabeth A.; LePage, James P. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
With the high number of homeless, there is a critical need for rapid and accurate assessment of quality of life to assess program outcomes. The World Health Organization's WHOQOL-100 has demonstrated promise in accurately assessing quality-of-life in this population. However, its length may make large scale use impractical for working with a…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Personality Assessment, Quality of Life, Test Validity
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Chaaban, Jad M. – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This paper develops an empirical methodology for the construction of a synthetic multi-dimensional cross-country comparison of the performance of governments around the world in improving the livelihood of their younger population. The devised "Youth Welfare Index" is based on the nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology and…
Descriptors: Nonparametric Statistics, Research Methodology, Evaluation Methods, Comparative Education