Affiliations: [a] Faculty of Finance and Management, WSB University in Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
| [b] Institute of Sport Sciences, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland
| [c] Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
| [d] Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
| [e] Institute of Management Collegium of Management and Finance, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
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Address for correspondence: Daniel Puciato, Faculty of Finance and Management, WSB University in Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland. E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Quality of life is currently one of the basic conceptual categories in many research disciplines. The authors of the present study are convinced that measurement of quality of life in reference to people living on the poverty line deserves special attention. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to identify relationships between the quality of life and sociodemographic variables in low-income Wrocław residents. METHODS:The research was conducted in Wrocław (Poland) and involved 1215 respondents aged 18–64 years, whose monthly gross income per capita in the household did not exceed 1043 PLN. The respondents’ quality of life was assessed with the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire with additional questions on the respondents’ social and demographic status. RESULTS:The Wrocław residents most often assessed their quality of life as average or below average. They rated their health-related quality of life in the social domain as the highest, and in the physical domain as the lowest. Age, household size, stable source of income, savings, and indebtedness were significantly correlated with the quality of life of Wrocław residents under study. Among the respondents, statistically significant relationships between perceived health condition assessment and age, professional status, stable source of income, and debt were also identified. CONCLUSIONS:The results of the study indicate that public health programs and other activities related to quality of life management should be directed to individuals and social groups particularly threatened by low quality of life, i.e., people living on the income poverty line.
Keywords: Quality of life, income poverty, socio-demographic factors
