Transformations and Perspectives of the Living Conditions of Czech and Slovak Seniors with an Emphasis on Single-Person Households

Naďa Hazuchová, Jana Stávková (), Ľudmila Nagyová, Zuzana Poláková and Soňa Vávrová
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Ľudmila Nagyová: Department of Marketing and Trade, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic
Zuzana Poláková: Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic
Soňa Vávrová: Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Society and Economy, 2019, vol. 41, issue 4, 449-465

Abstract: The paper looks at the life situation of Czech and Slovak seniors between 2005 and 2016. The aim is to analyze data from the national standardized surveys (EU-SILC) and, based on the analyzed data, describe living conditions (an objectively measured standard of living and poverty rate) and subjective life satisfaction with an emphasis on seniors living in single-person households. The results show a large increase in the number of single-person households. The analysis of Czech households’ income situation showed that the per-member monthly income for the whole population was similar to the average per-member income in households of seniors, while the group of the elderly living in single-person households appeared to be the most vulnerable one in terms of income. The differences between the seniors’ incomes and expenditures indicated that about 40% of this data segment’s members lived near the poverty line, while the most endangered segment members were seniors from single-person households.

Keywords: senior; single-person household; living conditions; social exclusion; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 I32 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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