Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2011 Volume 139, Issue 5-6, Pages: 360-365
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1106360G
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Influence of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics on the quality of life
Grbić Gordana (Visoka zdravstveno-sanitarna škola strukovnih studija „Visan”, Beograd)
Đokić Dragoljub (Institut za javno zdravlje, Kragujevac + Medicinski fakultet, Kragujevac)
Kocić Sanja (Institut za javno zdravlje, Kragujevac + Medicinski fakultet, Kragujevac)
Mitrašinović Dejan (Visoka zdravstvena škola strukovnih studija, Beograd)
Rakić Ljiljana (Klinički centar Srbije, Beograd)
Prelević Rade (Vojnomedicinska akademija, Beograd)
Krivokapić Žarko (Vojnomedicinska akademija, Beograd)
Miljković Snežana (Klinički centar, Niš)
Introduction. The quality of life is a multidimensional concept, which is
best expressed by the subjective well-being. Evaluation of the quality of
life is the basis for measuring the well-being, and the determination of
factors that determine the quality of life quality is the basis for its
improvement Objective. To evaluate and assess the determinants of the
perceived quality of life of group distinguishing features which characterize
demographic and socioeconomic factors. Methods. This was a cross-sectional
study of a representative sample of the population in Serbia aged over 20
years (9479 examinees). The quality of life was expressed by the perception
of well-being (pleasure of life). Data on the examinees (demographic and
socioeconomic characteristics) were collected by using a questionnaire for
adults of each household. To process, analyze and present the data, we used
the methods of parametric descriptive statistics (mean value, standard
deviation, coefficient of variation), variance analysis and factor analysis.
Results. Although men evaluated the quality of life with a slightly higher
grading, there was no statistically significant difference in the evaluation
of the quality of life in relation to the examinee’s gender (p>0.005). Among
the examinees there was a high statistically significant difference in
grading the quality of life depending on age, level of education, marital
status and type of job (p<0.001). In relation to the number of children,
there was no statistically significant difference in he grading of the
quality of life (p>0.005). Conclusion. The quality of life is influenced by
numerous factors that characterize each person (demographic and socioeconomic
characteristics of individual). Determining factors of the quality of life
are numerous and diverse, and the manner and the strength of their influence
are variable.
Keywords: quality of life, subjective well-being, factors determining quality of life, demographic characteristics, socioeconomic characteristics
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