| Abstract [eng] |
The Subjective Well-being of Lithuanian Residents by Age Groups. The increasing number of residents and longer lifetime show that in the future it will be needed to focus more on ensuring the better standard of living in all age groups. Traditional well-being research concentrate on objective and economic indicators, such as income and expenses, but these indicators cannot thoroughly reflect the level of well-being in all society groups. Recently it became relevant to connect objective indicators with the subjective ones, and that requires knowing more about the essence of the subjective well-being while analysing its evaluation according to the age groups. The subjective well-being is a multidimensional phenomenon encompassing economic, political, social and psychological indicators. Good physical and mental health, strong social relationships, education, having a job and a place to live,welfare state measures and country’s economic growth are the factors that determine person’s satisfaction with life, which is one of the most important components of the subjective well-being. The analysis of evaluation of life satisfaction allows to see what is most important for both young and older people while talking about the society’s well-being. It as well reveals the success or failure of the social policy which leads us to set new policy’s goals in the future. Thus, the purpose of this research is to analyse the factors that determine subjective well-being in different age groups. To achieve this, a secondary data analysis of the European Social Survey ESS 6(2012) and Eurobarometer 82.3 (2014) was used. The results of the analysis revealed that Lithuania’s residents evaluated their life satisfaction as average. Unfortunately, this indicates that the level of life satisfaction of Lithuania’s citizens is lower than the average of European countries. It was discovered that there is no strong connection between life satisfaction and person’s sex, education and marital status. Although, there was discovered a medium-strength connection between life satisfaction and age groups. The life satisfaction in Lithuania is the highest among young people; it decreases in the middle-aged group, and then grows again in the group of people older than 61. The research has shown economic and personal factors influence the well-being of Lithuania’s residents the most, while political and social factors are influential only in several age groups. |
