Quality of life as the main purpose of rural society development in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship Cover Image

Jakość życia społeczeństwa jako główny cel rozwoju obszarów wiejskich woj. podkarpackiego
Quality of life as the main purpose of rural society development in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Author(s): Marian Woźniak
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: quality of life; rural areas; Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Summary/Abstract: The country is currently not only the environment associated with the production of food and environmental or economic spheres mesh with demographic and cultural sphere. Rural family is a very important part of the social landscape of the country, and consequently the image of the entire nation. Quality of life is the degree of satisfaction of a man or society of the whole of its existence, resulting from individual experiences, ambitions and relationships. The purpose of this article is to present the main factors influencing the quality of life of rural residents, interpreted as a priority for rural development. The assessment of quality of life in rural communities of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship was based on the author’s own research, carried out in 2011 among 1,130 rural Carpathian residents and objective analysis of the factors influencing the quality of life of communities surveyed in 2000-2010.The collected material was subjected to statistical analysis to find patterns in the perception of the impact of environmental factors on the quality of life of residents.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 378
  • Page Range: 68-75
  • Page Count: 8