Satisfaction with life and work
Satisfaction with life and work

Summary/Abstract: In this article, we will present data on the level of satisfaction with life and work of the Slovenian adult population. We will then combine satisfaction levels with objective indicators of the quality of life. The assumption is that those people who have a high quality of life are those who have at their disposal relatively plentiful resources for the satisfaction of their needs and are subjectively satisfied with their lives. Those people who have a low quality of life are those who have neither resource nor are satisfied with their lives. People who have plentiful resources yet are not satisfied are considered to have a medium objective quality of life while those who have scarce resources yet are satisfied with their lives are considered to have a medium subjective quality of life. The data show that the satisfaction with work is generally higher than satisfaction with life and that both are quite low in Slovenia as compared to the result of data collected in EU countries. Satisfaction with life appears to be mostly a result of good personal and physical condition, good interpersonal relationships at home, opportunities to learn and utilize knowledge at work and living in an unpolluted environment. Satisfaction with work depends primarily on available opportunities to learn and utilize knowledge at work, work autonomy, good physical working conditions and relatively loose control by superiors. Combining subjective levels of satisfaction with objective indicators reveals that about onethird of Slovenians enjoy a high quality of life and that less than 10% have a low quality of life. On the other hand, rather few people in Slovenia appear to enjoy a high quality of working life. Indeed, they tend to have a medium subjective quality of working life, meaning that they are rather satisfied with their work in spite of its low objective quality.

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