Material quality of life in various life cycles
Material quality of life in various life cycles

Summary/Abstract: Theoretical background of this study is based on descriptive and the evaluative (Allardt, 1995; Campbell, Converse & Rodgers, 1976, Erikson & Aberg, 1987) quality of life approaches combined with the modern notion of life cycle. Six groups in different life cycles were studied from the perspective of the material resources (housing standard, financial resources and employment) available to them. Data had been obtained with the questionnaire "Quality of life in Slovenia 1994" on a representative sample. It was analysed with chi-square test, analysis of variance and multiple regression. The results indicated that the material resources vary to such an extent within the groups that we cannot speak about dominant characteristics of material standard in each life stage. The exception is the parents with preschool children that proved to be the most critical in terms of material deprivation. Groups having children at home have worse material living standard in all life cycles than groups who are not living with children.

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