KVALITETA ŽIVLJENJA, SREĆA I ŽIVOTNO ZADOVOLJSTVO U HRVATSKOJ I ZEMLJAMA EU..., TE USPOREDBE SJEVEROZAPADNE I OSTALIH DIJELOVA HRVATSKE
QUALITY OF LIFE, HAPPINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION IN CROATIA AND EU COUNTRIES, AND COMPARING NORTHWESTERN AND OTHER PARTS OF CROATIA

Summary/Abstract: Together with economic indices, happiness, life satisfaction and other subjective perceptions about quality of life and various societal processes in contemporary world became unavoidable in monitoring nation’s social progress. The aim of this study was to compare several parameters that determine quality of life and life satisfaction between citizens of Croatia and other countries in the European Union (EU28). The second aim was to compare within Croatia the same parameters between citizens of North-West region and the rest of Croatia. The data for comparisons between Croatia and EU28 were based on the Eurobarometer survey conducted in 2015 in all countries of EU and several candidate countries. The data for comparisons within Croatia were based on the survey Pilar’s barometer of Croatian society, which was conducted in spring of 2015 on the representative sample of Croatian citizens (N=1000). For the purposes of these analyses the sample was devided into: (1) citizens of Krapina- Zagorje, Zagreb, Varaždin, Međimurje and Koprivnica-Križevci counties (N=196) and (2) citizens of the other regions of Croatia (N=804). Statistical differences were determined by t-test analyses. The comparisons of quality of liofe indices between Croatia and EU28 showed that citizens of Croatia rated their life satisfaction, financial situation in households, general quality of life and trust in various institutions (government, parliament, justice, regional/local authorities) lower than EU28 averages. Especially low citizens rated their trust in local/regional authorities, where Croatia was at the last position within EU28. The only parameter which was rated above EU28 average were expectations about financial situation in one year, where Croatian citizens showed higher optimism than EU28 average.

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