Jakość życia na poziomie lokalnym
QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE LOCAL LEVEL

Summary/Abstract: The subject literature gives a lot of papers concerning research on quality of life in various types of local systems. However, the lack of precision among empirical analyses on rural areas quality of life is evident. Research including these issues especially among rural local systems is essential taking into account at least two main reasons: the share of rural areas and their inhabitants in colonial net of Poland and big disproportions among socio-economic level of rural areas development in comparison with urban ones. Quality of life research usually includes two dimensions: objective quality of life which meaning is similar to the term of conditions or level of population life and subjective one focused on the sense of psychological welfare and life satisfaction. The aim of the paper is to show disparities in the level of objective quality of life in rural communities of the Łódzkie Region. Presented deliberations result from the analysis of existing data and are to highlight the problem of the significant heterogeneity of rural areas among the same region.

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