Determinants of Life Satisfaction in the Czech Republic and their Development over Time
| Author: | Bc. Anna Pavlovová |
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| Year: | 2018 - summer |
| Leaders: | doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová Ph.D. |
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| Work type: | Bachelors |
| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 70 |
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| Link: | https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/zzp/detail/191244/ |
| Abstract: | This work examines the reported life satisfaction in the Czech Republic over the period between 1991 and 2016. The relationships between various individual characteristics and reported life satisfaction are analysed using the ordinary least squares and the results are compared across time. This work extends the existing literature not only by providing a more up-to-date analysis of the correlates of life satisfaction in the Czech Republic but also by analysing them in a wider time horizon. Some relationships were found rather stable over the considered period (for example, those associated with health, satisfaction with institutions or with political beliefs). Even though higher education and higher income were not strictly associated with higher satisfaction, the differences in satisfaction of individuals belonging to the lower and upper deciles of income are significant throughout the whole period. On the other hand, some associations have changed substantially over time (e.g. those related to being a student). Contrary to the existing literature on the period of transition, life satisfaction in the Czech Republic appears to be U-shaped in age during the whole considered period including the 90s. However, the turning points and the exact shape of the relationship changed over time. |
