Quality of life in rural communities: residents living near to Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers, Malaysia
The main aim of this study is to identify the quality of life (QoL) among communities residing near the Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers in Malaysia. This quantitative study used a constructed questionnaire as main tool to collect data on the QoL of river communities. A total of 240 villagers were...
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| author | Idris, Khairuddin Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Md. Yassin, Sulaiman Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Hamzah, Azimi Abu Samah, Bahaman |
| author_facet | Idris, Khairuddin Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Md. Yassin, Sulaiman Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Hamzah, Azimi Abu Samah, Bahaman |
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| description | The main aim of this study is to identify the quality of life (QoL) among communities residing near the Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers in Malaysia. This quantitative study used a constructed questionnaire as main tool to collect data on the QoL of river communities. A total of 240 villagers were selected as respondents. The results indicated that the dimensions of settlement, safety, involvement and social relationships, as well as education scored highest, while dimensions of physical environment, financial and job security yielded moderate scores. Dimensions of infrastructure facilities yielded a low mean score. Recommendations are provided, in the hope that our results may be useful for strategies that could enhance QoL of these river communities. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-473602016-05-19T05:21:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47360/ Quality of life in rural communities: residents living near to Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers, Malaysia Idris, Khairuddin Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Md. Yassin, Sulaiman Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Hamzah, Azimi Abu Samah, Bahaman The main aim of this study is to identify the quality of life (QoL) among communities residing near the Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers in Malaysia. This quantitative study used a constructed questionnaire as main tool to collect data on the QoL of river communities. A total of 240 villagers were selected as respondents. The results indicated that the dimensions of settlement, safety, involvement and social relationships, as well as education scored highest, while dimensions of physical environment, financial and job security yielded moderate scores. Dimensions of infrastructure facilities yielded a low mean score. Recommendations are provided, in the hope that our results may be useful for strategies that could enhance QoL of these river communities. Public Library of Science 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47360/1/journal.pone.0150741.PDF Idris, Khairuddin and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Md. Yassin, Sulaiman and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Hamzah, Azimi and Abu Samah, Bahaman (2016) Quality of life in rural communities: residents living near to Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers, Malaysia. PLOS ONE, 11 (3). art. no. e0150741. pp. 1-16. ISSN 1932-6203 10.1371/journal.pone.0150741 |
| spellingShingle | Idris, Khairuddin Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Md. Yassin, Sulaiman Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Hamzah, Azimi Abu Samah, Bahaman Quality of life in rural communities: residents living near to Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers, Malaysia |
| title | Quality of life in rural communities: residents living near to Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers, Malaysia |
| title_full | Quality of life in rural communities: residents living near to Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Quality of life in rural communities: residents living near to Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of life in rural communities: residents living near to Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers, Malaysia |
| title_short | Quality of life in rural communities: residents living near to Tembeling, Pahang and Muar Rivers, Malaysia |
| title_sort | quality of life in rural communities residents living near to tembeling pahang and muar rivers malaysia |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47360/1/journal.pone.0150741.PDF |
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