Możliwości analizy sytuacji materialnej gospodarstw domowych osób starszych w Europie Środkowej i Wschodniej
The possibilities analysis of the financial situation of the elderly households in Central and Eastern Europe
Author(s): Jolanta Perek-BiałasSubject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Sociology, Family and social welfare, Demography and human biology, Gerontology, Economic development, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: household; population's materials living conditions; elderly people
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the possibilities, as well as the limitations of the analysis of the elderly households material situation (single-person households aged 65+ and double with at least one person aged 65+) in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary – belonging to the EU in 2004 as well as Bulgaria and Romania – in the EU since 2007. The study uses selected results of the analysis made on the basis of the EU-SILC (European Union – Statistics on Income and Living Conditions). Significant differences in the financial situation of elderly households in different countries of Central and Eastern Europe were observed on the basis of the data analysis on housing facilities in some material good as well as subjective assessment of financial situation of the households.
Journal: Wiadomości Statystyczne. The Polish Statistician
- Issue Year: 57/2012
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 53-60
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Polish