Impact of Socio-Demographic Factors and Health State on Indicator of Life Satisfaction of Population in Poland

The paper studies the influence of social and demographic factors (age, gender group, lifestyle, presence or absence of chronic diseases) on parameters of self-assessed health and life satisfaction by the population of Poland. The aggregated results of the sociological inquiry carried out in regions of Poland in 2004 were used as the statistical basis. For modelling the tobit models with left and right censoring limit points were used. Age, gender and the presence or absence of chronic diseases are shown by econometric analysis to have a significant influence on indices of self-assessed health. The relationship between life satisfaction of the respondents, their state of health and physical activity was analysed.