How Are We Today? Quality of Urban Life in Argentina First Contributions from the Households Permanent Survey (2003–2012)

Abstract

In the present work, an index of quality of life of particular implementation is arranged, with timely implementation applied to the cities included in the Permanent Household Survey, the databases of which correspond to 32 urban agglomerations for 2012. The Permanent Survey of Households (EPH) is a national program that aims to releve the sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the population. It is applied in Argentina from 1973 through punctual measurements in the months of May and October, which are referred to as waves. It is from 2003 that the EPH is applied continuously generating quarterly and half-yearly results. According to INDEC, the Permanent Survey of households (EPH) is a multipurpose survey that collects information on households and individuals around the following topics: employment situation, basic demographic characteristics (age, sex, marital status, etc.), migratory, housing, educational characteristics, and income. To achieve the proposed objective our study is organized in the following way. The first section describes the Argentine urban system, the historical process of urbanization and the current situation of the urban areas where the Permanent Household Survey applies. The second point presents an overview of the national political strategy in Argentina after the year 2002 and its main social effects. Under the third heading, the methodological aspects of the study are described. The fourth section poses the description and interpretation of spatial configurations obtained from the analyzed data. To conclude, in the closing section, the results achieved while trying to answer the question 'how are we today?' are summarized. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)