Evaluate Quality of Life in Belarus

In Belarus the percentage of people who live in urban areas is 81% and rural areas is 19%. Which of the following is true based on this data?

• This is a good sign because people in cities (urban) for more access to the things that they need.

• This is a bad sign because people in the countryside (rural) have more access to the things that they need.

Access to potable water in Belarus is 99% total. This means that...

• Most people do NOT have access to clean water

• Most people do have access to clean water

• This number is much higher than the amount of clean water that the rest of Europe has.

Life expectancy could show....

• Access to education

• The number of people who life in the city

• Access to healthcare in a nation

True or False: Belarus has a much high GDP per capita than the rest of the European countries listed.

• True

• False

Belarus' poverty rate is 3.9%. What is true based on the data?

• Belarus has much MORE people living without their basic needs than the rest of Europe.

• Belarus has much less people living without their basic needs than the rest of Europe.

• A higher poverty rate indicates a higher quality of life

What is true about literacy in Belarus?

• Belarus' rate of people who can read and write is similar to the rest of Europe.

• Belarus' rate of people who can read write is much lower than the rest of Europe.

• Literacy shows the quality of access to health care.

Belarus has commercial farming. This means...

• Most farmers grow just enough food to survive.

• Most farmers grow enough to sell to others

• Most nations in Europe have high levels of poverty.

Take a guess: What is quality of life like in Europe?

• Belarus has the highest quality of life in Europe

• Belarus has the lowest quality of life in Europe

• Belarus has lower quality of life than many nations within Europe

True or False: When describing quality of life, it is enough to just state numbers, you don't have to say what they mean.

• true

• false