IF I HAD A MILLION ZLOTIES... DREAMS OF POLES AT THE TURN OF THE XXI CENTURY

• Authors: Lewicka M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Representative sample of 1328 participants from three geographical regions of Poland was asked to specify ways of spending a big amount of money (million zloties). Qualitative answers were categorized into 19 different goal categories, which created three natural clusters: materialistic goals (house, car, bank deposits, investments etc.), mixed goals (charity, education, life expenses etc.) and traditional goals (donations to the family). The paper presents demographic and psychological determinants of choices. Materialistic goals predominated over traditional, which in turn predominated over mixed goals. Age turned out to be the major determinant of materialistic vs. traditional choices. The choices were also dependent on sex and country region. Results are accounted for in terms of the theories of values and their evolution in contemporary societies, proposed by S. Schwartz and R. Inglehart.

Keywords

EN

WAYS OF MONEY SPENDING (POLAND)

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences jointly with the Committee on Psychological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Kolokwia Psychologiczne (Psychological Colloquia)
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 217-237
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Lewicka M.

• M. Lewicka, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydzial Psychologii, ul. Stawki 5/7, 00-183 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

05PLAAAA0029698