Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Anna Månsdotter
- Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Kaspar Meili
- Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Lars Lindholm
- Umeå Univesrity, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Description
The capability approach by Amartya Sen (Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1998) measures quality of life in terms of capabilities; i.e. what individuals can do or be, as opposed to measuring quality of life in terms of wealth or happiness.
Practical considerations limit the number of capabilities that can be taken into account, and what capabilities are most relevant for quality of life may differ between contexts. For example, access to drinking-water is taken for granted by most people in Sweden in contrast to other countries that have areas that suffer from water shortage.
The purpose of the study was to collect information on what capabilities are perceived as important in the Swedish context. The starting point were the following 10 capabilities from a Swedish governmental investigation in 2015 : Time, Financial situation, Health, Political resources, Knowledge, Living environment, Occupation, Social relations, Security, and Housing.
The data was collected with a cross-sectional web based survey among health care related researchers and student
Language
English
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Contributor(s)
Björn Ekmann - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences
Inna Feldman - Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Science
Anna-Karin Hurtig - Umeå university, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Lars Hagberg - Örebro University, University Health Care Research Center
Funding
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Funding agency:
Forte
- Funding agency's reference number: 2014-145 and 2018-00143
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Researchers and students in health related subjects from 5 Swedish universities
Time Method
Sampling procedure
- about 100 from the Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet
- about 440 from the Medical Faculty at Lund University
- about 40 from the Unit of Epidemiology and Global Health at Umeå University
- about 180 from the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health and the Department of Public Health and Care Science at Uppsala University
- about 70 from the University Health Care Research Center at Region Örebro County.
171 replied, but 4 did not explicitly give consent to participate. This resulted in a response rate of about 20% (167/830).
We sent an email invitation with information and a link to the web survey on May 28 2016, followed by a reminder on June 15 2016.
Time period(s) investigated
2016-05-28 – 2016-06-20
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
Country
Highest geographic unit
Country
Månsdotter, A., Ekman, B., Meili, K. W., Feldman, I., Hagberg, L., Hurtig, A.-K., & Lindholm, L. (2020). Towards capability-adjusted life years in public health and social welfare : Results from a Swedish survey on ranking capabilities. PLoS ONE, 15(12), Article e0242699. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242699
URN:
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-87752
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242699
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https://doi.org/10.5878/r2nm-zc35
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Anna Månsdotter
- Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Kaspar Meili
- Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Lars Lindholm
- Umeå Univesrity, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
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Number of individuals/objects
167
Response rate/participation rate
20%
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