{"id":3683,"date":"2012-09-17T00:07:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T00:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=3683"},"modified":"2012-09-18T00:08:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T00:08:05","slug":"hows-life-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/hows-life-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"How\u2019s life in Poland?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life is good – we all know it. But let’s take a look at some statistics.<\/p>\n

Money (pieni\u0105dze<\/strong>), while it cannot buy happiness (szcz\u0119\u015bcie<\/strong>), 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 \u2013 the top 20% of the population earn more than four times as much as the bottom 20%.<\/p>\n

In terms of employment (zatrudnienie, praca<\/strong>), 59% of people aged 15 to 64 in Poland have a paid job. Some 66% of men are in paid work, compared with 53% of women. People in Poland work 1939 hours a year. Approximately 7% of employees work very long hours, with 11% of men working very long hours compared with just 3% for women.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Having a good education (dobre wykszta\u0142cenie<\/strong>) is an important requisite for finding a job. In Poland, 88% of adults aged 25-64 have earned the equivalent of a high-school degree. This is equally true of men and women.<\/p>\n

In terms of health (zdrowie<\/strong>), life expectancy at birth in Poland is 76 years. Life expectancy for women is 81 years, compared with 72 for men.<\/p>\n

Concerning the public sphere (sfera publiczna<\/strong>), there is a moderate sense of community and level of civic participation in Poland, where 90% of people believe that they know someone they could rely on in time of need. Voter turnout, a measure of public trust in government and of citizens’ participation in the political process, was 54% during recent elections.<\/p>\n

In general, Poles are pretty satisfied with their lives!<\/p>\n

Do nast<\/strong>\u0119pnego razu… <\/strong>(Till next time…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life is good – we all know it. But let’s take a look at some statistics. Money (pieni\u0105dze), while it cannot buy happiness (szcz\u0119\u015bcie), 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…<\/p>\n

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