Social Diagnosis 2011 Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland - full report

Ulrichsweb * In all sets of response distribution tables, the order of variables from the questionnaires has been preserved.2004, 2006, 2007, 2009).The idea of Social Diagnosis originated with Wiesław Łagodziński in 1999.Without his commitment the studies would not have been conducted either in previous years or at present.We would like to thank all our colleagues from the Council for Social Monitoring and the experts invited to join us for their substantial contribution towards preparing the concept, constructing questionnaires and analysing data.It is obvious that such a large research project requires considerable funding.In 2000, the initiative of the Council for Social Monitoring coincided with the government"s need of for independent evaluation of the results of the reforms.Thanks to Minister Teresa Kamińska, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister commissioned us with the first edition of Social Diagnosis and covered a greater part of the project costs.Together with the Pro Publico Bono Institute, Teresa Kamińska also joined the search for funds for the subsequent three editions of Social Diagnosis.This year, most project costs were covered by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the Human Resources Development Centre from ESF funds under the Human Capital Operational Programme (the "2009-2013 Social Diagnosis" project) by the National Bank of Poland and by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (research grant No. 4433/B/H03/2011/40).We have also received financial support from Telekomunikacja Polska SA, Centertel, the Chief Sanitary Inspector, Bank Zachodni WBK, BRE Bank SA and the University of Finance and Management in Warsaw.We would like to thank Ms Barbara Belok from the Office for Statistical Analyses and Research of the Polish Statistical Association for administrative support for the project.We would like to thank the Presidents of the Central Statistical Office Professor Józef Oleński and Professor Janusz Witkowski for allowing us to use the most professional network of interviewers in Poland for the purposes of field research.