The Life Quality of Males and Females

This bachelor thesis dealing with a quality of life should map possible differences in the subjective perceptions of the quality of life for men and women. It also aims to highlight the lifestyle of men and women, which is influenced by different expectations of male and female roles. The quality of life is a very comprehensive concept and it absorbs into itself a large number of aspects of individuals´ life. It is also perceived as a certain satisfaction with the provision of individual needs. Many disciplines deal with that issue (psychology, sociology, philosophy etc.), but despite an effort to capture the complex, there is ambiguity in its definition, mainly because of its multi-dimensional and subjective nature. The theoretical part consists of two main chapters. The fist chapter deals with the quality of life, its historical development, it describes its various concepts, categories and measurements. The second part deals with gender issues, especially a definition of the term ``gender{\crqq}, a conception of the masculinity and femininity, gender stereotypes. In the practical part there are defined objectives, hypotheses; a methodology of the thesis is described here. For the primary data collection and testing of the hypothesis I chose an interrogation method, a questionnaire technique. The data collection took place in České Budějovice district and working age respondents participated in it. The questionnaire was a combination of open, closed, semi-closed questions. The research was conducted in March and April 2009. A total of 260 questionnaires were distributed, 219 questionnaires were returned. 13 of them were excluded for a failure to comply the award. There were two hypotheses stated for the research. The first hypothesis assumed that women evaluate the quality of life more positively than men and the research confirmed the hypothesis. The second hypothesis assumed that men are more willing to sacrifice their leisure time for a career growth than women and was not confirmed