Subjective Well-Being and Income Below the ‘At-Risk-of-Poverty Threshold’: Analysis of Slovak EU-SILC Data

• Main Authors: Jozef Džuka, Martin Lačný, Peter Babinčák
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences 2019-12-01
• Series: Studia Psychologica
• Subjects: poverty; subjective well-being; eu-silc 2013 data; at-risk-of-poverty threshold
• Online Access: https://www.studiapsychologica.com/uploads/Lacny_SP_4_vol.61_2019_pp.213-229.pdf

The objective of the present research was to examine the relationship of income below the ‘atrisk- of-poverty threshold’ and well-being variables among selected groups of Slovak citizens based on the analysis of secondary data. Responses of 7851 Slovaks selected from the EU-SILC 2013 data (N = 13286) were analyzed. The participants were selected on the basis of self-defined current economic status as follows: employees working full-time (n = 5156), the unemployed (n = 845), retirees (n = 1850). The stepwise multiple regression revealed that the relationship of income to well-being variables in each of these three groups was different. The differentiated income effect in relation to well-being variables depending on selfdefined economic status and study limitations were discussed.