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Personal Wellbeing Index in Croatia

PWI, as a tool to measure the subjective wellbeing of populations, was used in four surveys in Croatia (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008) and as such it showed utility in identifying the best and the lowest domains that people are satisfied with. Consistently through the years Croatia citizens were the most satisfied with relationship with family and friends and it has been steadily rated within the range of 70–80% SM found for Western populations. Contrary, Croatia citizens were the least satisfied with standard of living which was till 2008 rated as the lowest domain within the range of 60-70% SM typical for the non-Western countries. The last 2008 survey indicated that citizens were concerned with future security which was rated as the lowest in terms of satisfaction. It reflected unstable economic and financial situation in Croatia at the time. Beside the economic indicators, in order to understand the wellbeing of population PWI shows as a useful tool. Policy attention in Croatia may be directed to those with older age, and of lower income status who reported lower PWI and domain scores.

Personal Wellbeing, Domain satisfaction

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