Income and jobs in Poland Posted by Kasia on Sep 28, 2012
While money may not buy happiness, it is an important means to achieving higher living standards and thus greater well-being. Higher economic wealth may also improve access to quality education, healthcare and housing. Household net-adjusted disposable income is the amount of money that a household earns each year after tax. It represents the money available…
Housing in Poland Posted by Kasia on Sep 26, 2012
Living in satisfactory housing conditions (warunki mieszkaniowe) is one of the most important aspects of people’s lives. Housing is essential to meet basic needs, such as shelter (schronisko), but it is not just a question of four walls and a roof. Housing should offer a place to sleep and rest where people feel safe and…
Work-Life Balance Posted by Kasia on Sep 25, 2012
Finding a suitable balance between work and life (odpowiednia równowaga między pracą a życiem) is a challenge for all workers, especially working parents. Some couples would like to have more children, but do not see how they could afford to stop working. Other parents are happy with the number of children in their family, but…
Personal security and safety Posted by Kasia on Sep 24, 2012
Is Poland safe? Do people feel safe in Poland? Personal security (bezpieczeństwo osobiste) is a core element (kluczowy element) for the well-being of individuals, and largely reflects the risks of people being physically assaulted or falling victim to other types of crime (przestępstwo). In Poland, 1.8% of people reported falling victim to assault over the previous…
Life Satisfaction Posted by Kasia on Sep 18, 2012
Happiness (szczęście) can be measured in terms of life satisfaction (zadowolenie z życia), the presence of positive experiences and feelings, and the absence of negative experiences and feelings. Such measures, while subjective, are a useful complement to compare the quality of life across countries. Life satisfaction measures how people evaluate their life as a whole rather…
How’s life in Poland? Posted by Kasia on Sep 17, 2012
Life is good – we all know it. But let’s take a look at some statistics. Money (pieniądze), while it cannot buy happiness (szczęście), is an important means to achieving higher living standards. In Poland, the average person earns 14 508 USD a year. But there is a considerable gap between the richest and poorest…
How healthy are Polish people? Posted by Kasia on Sep 16, 2012
People in Poland have enjoyed large gains in life expectancy over the past decades, thanks to improvements in living conditions, public health interventions and progress in medical care. In 2010, life expectancy at birth in Poland stood at 76 years. Life expectancy for women is 81 years, compared with 72 for men. Higher life expectancy…