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Physical quality of life index

The physical quality of life index (PQLI) is an attempt to measure the quality of life or well-being of a country. The value is a single number derived from basic literacy rate, infant mortality, and life expectancy at age one, all equally weighted on a 0 to 100 scale.

It was developed for the Overseas Development Council[?] in 1979 by Morris Davis Morris, as one of a number of measures created due to dissatisfaction with the use of GNP as a indicator of development. PQLI is an improvement but there is considerable overlap between infant mortality and life expectancy.

See also : basic well-being index[?] (BWI), world quality of life index[?] (WPQLI), NSPQLI, WLIT


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