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Review of Applied Socio- Economic Research
(Volume 5, Issue 1/ 2013 ), pp. 98
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Percentage of those who are very satisfied or satisfied with working conditions in their main paid job
is the main predictor both of EIU Quality of Life Index (R square = 0.429), of HDI 2005 (R square =
0.619) and of SWLS (R square = 0.61).
Percentage of those who agree that their job offers them good prospects for career advancement
explains 68.4% of the total variance in OECD Life Satisfaction indicator, while together with
working hours - family/ social commitments outside work fit and proportion of those usually working
less than 30 hours per week in their main paid job account for 79.5% of the total variance in the
predicted variable.
HDI 2010 values are the best predicted by the percentage of those who agree that they might lose
their job in the next 6 months (R square = 0.624).
If the dataset for 2005 shows the percentage of those who are very satisfied or satisfied with working
conditions in their main paid job as the main predictor of all the three composite indicators of quality of life,
the second dataset identifies substantial differences for different indicators of quality of life, as well as for
the same indicator (HDI) at different moments (2005 and 2010).
It can be concluded that although there are indicators of quality of work which could explain high
proportions of the variance in quality of life indicators, results do not allow identifying a predictor that is
stable both in time and among different measures of quality of life.
5. Acknowledgements
This work was possible with the financial support of the Sectoral Operational Programme for Human
Resources Development 2007-2013, under the project number POSDRU/89/1.5/S/49944 with the title
Dezvoltarea capacităţii de inovare şi creşterea impactului cercetării prin programe post-doctorale.
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