how governments can improve quality of life
governments can look to data collected from happiness economic studies and indices to find places to improve the population s quality of life one such index is the gross national happiness gnh index the latest version of the index based on a survey of 5 000 americans concludes that delaware residents have the highest life satisfaction while oregon residents are in last place 6there are many ways that a government can improve the quality of its citizens lives actions include funding good public schools offering affordable access to healthcare and supporting family friendly policies like paid leave to take care of sick family members or newborn or adopted children these policy movements help families thrive many of the governments in countries listed as having a high quality of life provide services and programs to their citizens to help them improve their lives these include access to living wage jobs affordable or free higher education better gun control laws and access to high quality and affordable healthcare 7the quality of life in the u s is lower than in many developed nations due to declines in personal safety high healthcare costs and uneven access to high quality public education 2