Life Maintenance Index (M) is a composite indicator, calculated by applying the arithmetic mean on the composite indicators (at a domain level) categorised within the dimension "Life Maintenance".
The index is composed by the the following composite indicators:
1. Personal Health and Safety Index (M1)
2. Economic and Societal Health Index (M2)
3. Ecological Health Index (M3)
Life maintenance includes the personal, societal and ecological health conditions that the population enjoy in the place. The term “maintenance” indicates the capacity to remain “regulated within a range compatible with the survival” of the system. The “system” to maintain in the different spheres is respectively the individual organism (the integrity of personal body and mental health), the social system (the social resources necessary for the people living healthy together in one place – village, town, city, metropolitan area) or the ecological system. Life maintenance is measured by means of objective and subjective outcome indicators, to gauge the quality of personal, socio-economic and ecological health.
For further details regarding the data used (sources, selected year, definitions...) consult the Indicator "Quality of Life indicators (code qol_indi)".
Theme(s): Population and living conditions - Population and Living Conditions
| Spatial Extent | Nomenclature | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | version | level | |
| EU28+4+CandidateCountries | NUTS | 2016 | 3 |
Step 1. Selection of QoL indicators: the selected indicators for each sub-domain are in the indicator "Quality of Life indicators (qol_indi)"
Step 2. Data harmonisation: Carried out to render the variables comparable. Outliers in the dataset are identified and excluded. Highly skewed distributions are transformed (logarithmic and power transformations). Indicators are normalised in a range [0-1].
Step 3. Weighing QoL indicators. Weighting currently occurs through the hierarchical organisation of indicators in three dimensions, nine domains and 22 sub-domains. Dimensions are aggregated with a generalised weighted mean of power of 0.5; variables in domains and sub-domains all weight equal.
For further details regarding the methodology check the ESPON QoL Final Report available at the project website.
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