Monthly income and subjective well-being of Croatian citizens

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Lipovcan, Ljiljana Kaliterna [1 ]
Brkljacic, Tihana [1 ]
Sakic, Vlado [1 ]
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[1] Inst Soc Sci Ivo Pilar, Zagreb 1000, Croatia
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Aim To examine the differences in subjective well-being among people with different household income. Method Data were obtained from the national survey conducted in June 2005, in which a representative sample of 896 participants were administered a questionnaire on several measures of subjective well-being as follows: happiness, life satisfaction, and satisfaction with different life domains (personal and national well-being index). One-way ANOVA was performed to test the differences in subjective well-being measures between participants grouped into six categories according to their monthly income. Results Happiness and life satisfaction ratings, as well as ratings of satisfaction with several life domains differed significantly between groups of people with different monthly income. Respondents with higher income felt happier (P < 0.001), more satisfied with their life as a whole (P < 0.001), more satisfied with their material status (P < 0.001), health (P < 0.001), achievement (P < 0.001), future security (P = 0.001), economic situation (P = 0.001), state of the environment (P = 0.003), and social conditions in Croatia (P = 0.003). However, no significant differences were found between the two groups with the lowest income (is an element of 0-70 and is an element of 71-130 per person per month), nor between the two groups with the highest income (is an element of 401-530 and is an element of 531+ per person per month). Conclusion Our study showed that income and material wealth had an influence on subjective well-being in contemporary Croatian society, which is undergoing major social and economical changes.
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