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Quality of life and independent living and working levels of farmers and ranchers with disabilities.

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Assessment of quality of life levels among farmers and ranchers with disabilities as well as a conceptual model of ILW accounting for variance in QOL levels can be used to support and assess improvements in clients' ILW, self-determination, and QOL.
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This article is published in Disability and Health Journal.The article was published on 2016-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 15 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Quality of life & Population.

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The prevalence of disabilities in the U.S. farm population

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the extent of health limitations and disabilities among farmers, farmworkers, and farm family members using the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files from 2008 to 2016.
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Independent living in adults with autism spectrum disorder: Stakeholders' perspectives and experiences.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the perspectives of stakeholders about independent living among adults with ASD and found that factors related to psychophysical stability and daily living, financial management, and integrated community living and housing were all found to influence the ability of adults with autism spectrum disorder to live independently.
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Assessing changes in quality of life and independent living and working levels among AgrAbility farmers and ranchers with disabilities

TL;DR: Participation in the AgrAbility Project was positively associated with increased ILW and QOL levels, and regression results revealed that change in ILW predicted 13% of the variance in QOL change.
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The Role of Amenities and Quality of Life In Rural Economic Growth

TL;DR: A structural model of regional economic growth is estimated using data for 2243 rural US counties Five indices designed to capture specific amenity and quality of life characteristics are constructed using fifty-four separate indicators as discussed by the authors.
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The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire: a measure of quality of life appropriate for people with advanced disease. A preliminary study of validity and acceptability:

TL;DR: The importance of measuring the existential domain is highlighted by the finding that, of all the MQOL subscales and Spitzer items, only the meaningful existence subscale correlated significantly with a single item scale rating overall quality of life.
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Quality of life indexes for national policy: Review and agenda for research

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