The quality of life of young people in Croatia with different educational and employment status

Kvaliteta života jedna je od odrednica ljudskog života i uvelike utječe na to u kojem smjeru će se naši životi odvijati. Istraživanja pokazuju da se kvaliteta života veže uz pojedini aspekt čovjekova života i kao takva se definira. Vrlo širok pojam poput toga teško je obuhvatiti u jednu zajedničku definiciju. Naime, zajedničko svim definicijama jest to da se kvaliteta života povezuje sa dobrobiti u nekom području, na primjer koliko smo zadovoljni životom, koliko napredujemo u poslovnom smislu, kakvo nam je zdravstveno stanje i slično. Ovo istraživanje donosi podatke o razlikama u kvaliteti života osoba različitog obrazovnog statusa, različitog spola i položaja na tržištu rada. Istraživanje je provedeno na 175 mladih osoba (19-29 godina) sa područja Hrvatske od kojih su neki završili samo osnovnu školu, neki samo srednju školu, dok su neki sa završenim studijem. Dobiveni podaci ukazuju da se različite skupine mladih razlikuju u sljedećim aspektima kvalitete života: postoji razlika u životu s primarnom obitelji, bračnom statusu i materijalnim prilikama mladih različitog obrazovnog ishoda. Također, postoji razlika u zadovoljstvu životom, osamostaljenju, bračnom statusu te materijalnim prilikama muškaraca i žena. Razlika u aspektima kvalitete života temeljena na zaposlenosti vidljiva je u doživljaju karijernog uspjeha, osamostaljenju te u dohotku kućanstva.Quality of life is one of the determinants of human life and greatly affects the direction in which our lives would be carried out. Research shows that quality of life is associated with a particular aspect of human life and as such is defined. Very broad term like that is difficult to cover in one common definition. In fact, common to all definitions is that the quality of life associated with well-being in a certain area, for example, how much we are satisfied with life, how we doing in a business sense, as we know health status, etc. Our research brings us details about the differences in the quality of life of people of different educational status, gender, position in the labor market. The study was conducted on 175 young adults (19-29 years) from Croatian territory some of which are only finished primary school, a high school education, while some with a degree. The obtained data indicate that different groups of young people differ in the following aspects of quality of life: there is a difference in the life of the primary family, marital status and financial situation of young people of different educational outcomes. Also, there is a difference in life satisfaction, independence, marital status and material conditions of men and women. The difference in the aspects of quality of life based on employment is evident in the experience of career success, independence and the household income