Hierarchia i poziom zaspokojenia potrzeb konsumpcyjnych w gospodarstwach domowych dotkniętych bezrobociem

• Authors: Tomasz Zalega

Title variants

EN

The Hierarchy of Consumer Needs in Households Affected by Unemployment

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The paper deals with the problem of households affected by unemployment and examines the hierarchy of consumer needs in such families. The research covers several groups of consumer needs, including food, clothing, household supplies, housing, vacations and cultural needs. Empirical material analyzed in the paper comes from surveys carried out in 2000 and 2006 among households in the central Polish province of Mazovia. The article analyzes the hierarchy of needs according to the level at which they are met. In the process, the author considers selected socio-demographic factors such as sex, age, education, number of family members, per capita income, place of residence, and how long the unemployed person has been out of work. The analysis shows that many of the surveyed households do not satisfy their basic consumer needs, while the hierarchy of these needs is relatively inflexible and impervious to change.

Keywords

EN

households; consumer needs; household budget; per capita income; unemployment

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie. Kolegium Analiz Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 230
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 115-135

Dates

published

2009-03-31

Contributors

author

Tomasz Zalega

Identifiers

DOI

10.33119/GN/101261