Quality of Life in Romanian Households

Abstract

Poverty was present in all human communities and all times. The various methods used to measure poverty are consist from the dividing lines between the poorest and the least poor. Individuals or families enjoying a standard of living below this line conventionally called poverty line are considered poor. Poverty is a real phenomenon and its consequences are obvious in the sphere of human development. The indicators used to describe the scale and intensity of poverty is based on income and consumption. Income derived by various types of consumers: Persons, families, households reflect actual purchasing power of goods and services on the market. In the Research Institute for Quality of Life (RIQL) is used as method of determining the poverty - the normative method. It starts from household consumption and rely on rules appreciated by specialists about the development and manifestation of a person and her own family. The household income in Romania have felt the effects of the international financial crisis, which began in 2010 when total household income decreased compared to previous years. Taking into account the income that can be obtained in a household, as they were reported by interviewees field research diagnosis quality of life: salaries, benefits children, student scholarships and other sources of income from social security funds or other sources of money which were added the equivalent in lei of self-consumption and repairs equivalent in money, goods produced around the house by family members, with whom discussions were held which obviously represents the family budget savings results lead us to drastic conclusions on the positioning of the sample households, scale wealth from poor - denoted by 1 to rich - denoted by 10.