social development issues

Question 1

social development

Answer 1

a measure of how well a society is changing for the better or how living standards are impoving

Question 2

gender inequality index (GII)

Answer 2

a measurement of gender disparity

Question 3

factors used to measure social development

Answer 3

life expectancy, literacy rates, infant mortality rate, average food consumption, no. of people per doctor,

Question 4

social indications for gender equality

Answer 4

male vs female literacy rates, fertility rates, male vs female food consumption, employment type, life expectancy

Question 5

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Answer 5

The total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year

Question 6

Continuum of social development

Answer 6

a way of thinking about social development as a continuous process that doesn’t have an end

Question 7

Development gap

Answer 7

the gap that exists in the measurement of development between the richest and poorest countries

Question 8

Human development index

Answer 8

A measure of the development in a country taking into account wealth, education and average life expectancy

Question 9

Gross national income per capita

Answer 9

the average income in a country per person

Question 10

indicators used to measure health/health service provided

Answer 10

life expectancy, infant mortality rate, % of GDP spent on health care, length of hospital wait times/lists, mortality rate of specific diseases

Question 11

four factors used to measure HDI

Answer 11

average length of schooling years, literacy rates, GNI per capita, life expectancy