The UN's Human Development Index (HDI) Takes into Account Three

question 29

Multiple Choice

The UN's Human Development Index (HDI) takes into account three factors. These are:

• A) A decent standard of living, access to knowledge, and a long and healthy life
• B) Crude birth rates, crude death rates and the percentage of women in the workforce
• C) Life expectancy, percentage of population under 15 and the availability of clean drinking water
• D) Doctor/patient ratio, infant mortality rates and good governance
• E) Absence of corruption, developed infrastructure and national debt as a ratio of GDP

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Definitions:

Multiple Cohorts

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Over Time

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Natural Disaster

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Cross-sectional Research

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