Happiness, Health and Family Type

• Autorzy: Johan van Ophem , Wim Heijman

Warianty tytułu

Zadowolenie z życia, zdrowie a typ rodziny

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

At the individual level, income is not the only and important factor that explains happiness. It can be concluded from several cross-section studies that- after controlling for inter correlations - health, marital status, ethnicity, presence of young children and religious affiliation are relevant too. Despite a secular rise in real income in the richer part of the world, happiness has not increased. Two factors that may account for this - health and family type - are discussed in this paper. Special attention is paid to the impact of obesity and the growing incidence of divorce and separation. (original abstract)

Opracowanie dotyczy różnych czynników wpływających na zadowolenie z życia. Na poziomie jednostki dochód nie jest jedynym ważnym czynnikiem objaśniającym zadowolenie. Z przeglądu różnych analiz wynika, że zdrowie, status rodzinny, w tym posiadanie dzieci, przekonania religijne i przynależność do grup etnicznych również odgrywają ważną rolę. Pomimo wzrostu dochodów w bogatszych częściach świata poziom zadowolenia nie podniósł się. W artykule szczególną uwagę poświęcono dwóm czynnikom - otyłości oraz zjawisku rosnącej liczby rozwodów i separacji. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Human capital; Family; Lifestyle; Health

PL

Kapitał ludzki; Rodzina; Styl życia; Zdrowie

• Czasopismo: Roczniki Nauk Rolniczych. Seria G, Ekonomika Rolnictwa
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: 94
• Numer: z. 2
• Strony: 178--185

Twórcy

autor

Johan van Ophem

• Wageningen University, Netherlands

autor

Wim Heijman

• Wageningen University, Netherlands

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