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Modelowanie subiektywnych ocen materialnego poziomu życia
Modeling judgments of material living standards

Author(s): Beata Kasprzyk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, National Economy, Sociology, Family and social welfare, Economic development, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: living standard; discriminant analysis; prosperity; budgets of households

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the study is to show the possibility of using the discrimination analysis in self-assessment of household economic welfare. The essence of the analysis was the modelling of judgments of both current and future economic situation of households in Podkarpackie voivodship, for example. The analysis identified the characteristics that significantly distinguish households according to their economic welfare. In addition, their properties discriminatory specifies (weights) were set. It was found that subjective opinion depended on both the income and demographic factors, as well as belonging to a group of socioeconomic satisfaction with the achieved living wage, have savings, their own assessment of the quality of life, etc. The author marked formal canonical discriminant function equations which differentiate subjectivity of current and future assessment of the economic situation in the sample households.

  • Issue Year: 58/2013
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 15-32
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish