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This paper presents the results of research on the situation and aspirations of young people in the area of employment activation. In addition to presenting key indicators showing the latest and most significant changes in the labor market, particular attention was paid to the assessment by the young people of the work, life chances, career plans, seeking a satisfactory and job consistent with employment skills, etc. The main source of information were the Labour Force Survey (LFS) , a special study of unemployed people conducted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the quantitative and qualitative study, made by the Institute for Market, Consumption and Business Cycles Research.

The article presents the changes in the size and structure of the supply of graduates of vocational schools by professions and specialties, and the underlying trends in labour demand in the years 2005–2010 in Warsaw. The main objective of this paper is to provide information about the shortage and workers sought by employers and surplus occupations, to which is observed the lack of demand for labour in Warsaw.

An inequality on a labour market is discussed in the article. It affects incomes which determine a consumption level of goods and services as well as living standard of societies. Considering unemployment, existing inequality between women and men was indicated. The inequality in income distribution is important to value a relative poverty. Due to the fact the poverty scope and depth in social economic groups were presented in the article. Non-satisfaction of household needs following from the lack of appropriate financial resources (durable goods and furnishings) is important issue discussed in the study.

The aim of the article is to discuss the stock of durable goods in households and consumer behaviours in the market for domestic appliance, RTV, and ICT devices. The research dealt with: equipment of households with durables taking into account the age and the number of products possessed, stock of modern goods, the scale of unsatisfied needs in this respect, the factors determining the choice of durables, consumers' attitudes towards market novelties in this group of products as well as the opinions on the exchange of possessed goods for the new ones. The analyses were based on the data from the survey of household budgets of Statistics Poland for 2015 and the results of surveys conducted with the CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interview) method by the Institute for Market, Consumption and Business Cycles Research in the years 2012—2015 within the research project of the National Science Centre entitled Consumption in an innovative economy.
The findings of the research indicate improvement in the condition of households equipment. More and more modern goods are owned, which affects the increase in the standard of equipment and, consequently, the value of the property possessed.

Income and consumption of material goods and services by households to meet the different needs of man, are identified key indicators of the life quality. Therefore increasing interest in changing patterns of consumer behaviors and decisions taken by them to purchase and use various types of services. This paper presents the diversity of household behavior in terms of the level and structure of consumption of particular types of services. The authors present the amount of expenses and interest expenses for various types of services in the total expenditure of different socio-economic household groups in the period 2005–2010. The analysis allowed to capture the changes that have occurred in recent years in the level of spending on these services.