Article: Welfare

Welfare has four primary meanings:

• Welfare, in general terms, refers simply to quality of life
• Welfare (financial aid), financial assistance paid by the government
• Welfare economics, in economics, associated with material benefit or preferred outcomes; see also social welfare function
• Social welfare, in social policy, refers to the range of services intended to meet people's needs

Welfare may also refer to:

• Welfare (film), a film directed by Frederick Wiseman