The Use of Multi-Criteria Taxonomy in the Study of Objective Quality of Life in Polish Voivodeships

Bąk Iwona () and Szczecińska Beata ()
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Bąk Iwona: West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Faculty of Economics, Department of Mathematical Applications in Economics, Janickiego 31, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland
Szczecińska Beata: West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Faculty of Economics, Department of Systems Analysis and Finance, Janickiego 31, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, 2016, vol. 16, issue 1, 7-20

Abstract: The article attempts to compare the living conditions of the population living in rural communities of West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The analysis used data for 159 indicators in the following areas of life: natural environment, demographics, social aspects, municipal infrastructure and housing, economic aspects, education and schooling, culture and tourism, and transport. The application of a multi-criteria taxonomy method allowed the author to take into account all the spheres of life altogether and to differentiate a group of voivodeships that are similar in terms of the examined phenomenon. On the basis of the conducted study it was found that Poland’s regions demonstrate a high degree of differences in terms of the objective quality of life.

Keywords: objective quality of life; multi-criteria taxonomy; method unitarisation zeroed (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C38 P36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/foli-2016-0001

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