Proceedings of the 23rd International Academic Conference, Venice

SOME APPROACHES TO THE ISSUE OF SUBJECTIVE ASPECTS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE

JANA ŠTOFKOVÁ, ZUZANA ŠTOFKOVÁ, STANISLAV ŠTOFKO

Abstract:

The concept of the measurement of quality of life is used to evaluate the general state of well-being of individual persons and society. The quality of life should not be exchanged with the concept of standard of living, which is primarily based on income. The objective quality of life issues are based on measurements of so called "hard data", i.e. data from institutions and organizations that include financial accounts, civil records, medical statistics, pollution and other information that are routinely collected. Subjective aspect of quality of life is evaluated on the degree of satisfaction with various items and needs. This is a category associated with subjective perceptions of their lives within a system of values and within certain social, economic and political conditions. Subjective indicators (feelings of happiness, satisfaction, etc.) are usually measured and evaluated on the basis of quantitative and qualitative research. Some results of the survey of quality of life are shown in this paper. Several results of a survey conducted point on the subjective perception for example safety and other factors.

Keywords: quality of life, subjective aspect, survey

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2016.023.087

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