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Sreća, životno zadovoljstvo i druge subjektivne procjene građana o vlastitom životu i percepciji društvenih pojava danas sve više postaju nezaobilazne komponente pri praćenju društvenog razvoja, ravnopravne različitim ekonomskim pokazateljima. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je prikazati usporedne analize nekih od parametara koji određuju kvalitetu življenja, sreću i životno zadovoljstvo u različitim zemljama Europske Unije te na temelju hrvatskih istraživanja usporediti Sjeverozapadni dio u odnosu na ostale dijelove Hrvatske. Podaci koji su korišteni za usporedne analize u EU preuzeti su iz istraživanja Eurobarometar iz 2015. godine u kojem su provedena istraživanja u 28 zemalja članica EU i nekoliko zemalja kandidata. Za usporedbe unutar Hrvatske korišteni su podaci istraživanja Pilarov barometar hrvatskog društva, koje je provedeno u proljeće 2015. godine na reprezentativnom uzorku hrvatskih građana (N=1000). Za usporedbe Sjeverozapadne u odnosu na ostale dijelove Hrvatske uzorak je podijeljen na dva dijela: (1) stanovnike Krapinsko-zagorske, Zagrebačke, Varaždinske, Međimurske i Koprivničko-križevačke županije (N=196) i (2) stanovnike ostalih dijelova Hrvatske (N=804). Statistička značajnost razlika u pojedinim parametrima računala se t-testom. Usporedbe kvalitete življenja u Hrvatskoj i zemljama članicama EU (EU28) pokazale su da građani Hrvatske procjenjuju niže od europskog prosjeka svoje životno zadovoljstvo, financijsko stanje kućanstava, općenitu kvalitetu življenja te iskazuju niže razine povjerenje u državne institucije (vlada, parlament, pravosuđe, regionalne/lokalne vlasti). Osobito su niske bile razine povjerenja u regionalne i/ili lokalne vlasti gdje je Hrvatska zauzela zadnje mjesto unutar zemalja EU28. Jedini parametar koji je bio procijenjen iznad europskog prosjeka bila su očekivanja o financijskoj situaciji u idućih godinu dana, gdje su hrvatski građani iskazali iznadprosječni optimizam. Rezultati usporedbe različitih parametara kvalitete življenja između stanovnika sjeverozapadne i ostalih dijelova Hrvatske pokazali su da su stanovnici Sjeverozapadne Hrvatske zadovoljniji svojim životom, zadovoljniji odnosima u obitelji i među prijateljima, osjećajem pripadnosti svojoj okolini i osjećajem sigurnosti u budućnosti. Također, u odnosu na ostale dijelove Hrvatske iskazali su više razine povjerenja u pravosuđe, policiju, školstvo, crkvu, zdravstvo i EU parlament. Ovakvi rezultati upućuju na zaključak da je općenita razina kvalitete življenja u nekim aspektima viša u Sjeverozapadnoj, nego u ostalim dijelovima Hrvatske. ; Together with economic indices, happiness, life satisfaction and other subjective perceptions about quality of life and various societal processes in contemporary world became unavoidable in monitoring nation's social progress. The aim of this study was to compare several parameters that determine quality of life and life satisfaction between citizens of Croatia and other countries in the European Union (EU28). The second aim was to compare within Croatia the same parameters between citizens of North-West region and the rest of Croatia. The data for comparisons between Croatia and EU28 were based on the Eurobarometer survey conducted in 2015 in all countries of EU and several candidate countries. The data for comparisons within Croatia were based on the survey Pilar's barometer of Croatian society, which was conducted in spring of 2015 on the representative sample of Croatian citizens (N=1000). For the purposes of these analyses the sample was devided into: (1) citizens of Krapina-Zagorje, Zagreb, Varaždin, Međimurje and Koprivnica-Križevci counties (N=196) and (2) citizens of the other regions of Croatia (N=804). Statistical differences were determined by t-test analyses. The comparisons of quality of liofe indices between Croatia and EU28 showed that citizens of Croatia rated their life satisfaction, financial situation in households, general quality of life and trust in various institutions (government, parliament, justice, regional/local authorities) lower than EU28 averages. Especially low citizens rated their trust in local/regional authorities, where Croatia was at the last position within EU28. The only parameter which was rated above EU28 average were expectations about financial situation in one year, where Croatian citizens showed higher optimism than EU28 average. Comparisons within Croatia showed that citizens of North-West region of Croatia expressed higher levels of life satisfaction, satisfaction with family and friends, satisfaction with their feelings of acceptance by the community and feelings of safety in the future. Besides that, citizens of North-West region of Croatia showed higher levels of trust in justice, police, education system, church, health care and EU parliament than the citizens in other regions of Croatia. These results indicate that quality of life in North-West region of Croatia is somewhat higher in several components than in other parts of Croatia.

Cilj projekta Razvoja kohortnog longitudinalnog istraživanja (ECDP), financiranog u okviru OBZOR2020 programa Europske Komisije je razviti konkretne modele nove europske istraživačke infrastrukture za koordinaciju budućeg velikog europskog kohortnog 25 godišnjeg longitudinalnog istraživanja o dobrobiti djece i mladih. ECDP projekt usmjeren je na uspostavljanje uspješne istraživačke infrastrukture i budućeg EuroCohort istraživanja kroz: (a) razvijanje podrške među ključnim donositeljima politika te nacionalnim agencijama zaduženima za financiranje istraživačkih infrastruktura i anketnih prikupljanja podataka; (b) razvijanje znanstveno izvrsnog nacrta budućeg longitudinalnog anketnog istraživanja ; te (c) uspostavljanje stabilnog operativnog okvira koji jamči logističku opstojnost budućeg EuroCohort istraživanja. Cilj jedne dionice projekta je oformiti savjetodavnu grupu djece (CYPAG) te kroz fokusne grupe utvrditi dječju perspektivu o dobrobiti, što im znači riječ "dobrobit", što pod tim pojmom podrazumijevaju, kao i njihovo razumijevanje etičkih pitanja u longitudinalnim istraživanjima dobrobiti djece. S dvadesetak djece, starosti od 10 do 15 godina, predstavnicima različitih posebno angažiranih skupina djece u različitim područjima od tehničkih, sportskih do prirodoslovnih i društvenih, odnosno djece uključene u nacionalne i lokalne relevantne organizacije, djece iz vijeća učenika, djece iz dječjeg gradskog vijeća, djece iz relevantnih nevladinih organizacija, te djece uključene u sportske organizacije, održane su tri fokusne grupe. Dio djece pripada skupinama kao što su: djeca iz manjinskih skupina, djeca rastavljenih roditelja, djeca iz jednoroditeljskih obitelji, djeca iz udomiteljskih obitelji, djeca s poteškoćama, djeca s kroničnim bolestima, te djeca koja žive u siromaštvu. Prikazani su rezultati kvalitativnog istraživanja o tome kako djeca doživljavaju različite aspekte dobrobiti i što smatraju najvažnijim čimbenicima koji utječu na njihovu dobrobit, kako bi se prema njihovom mišljenju trebala izvoditi longitudinalna istraživanja dobrobiti djece te kako uključiti djecu u longitudinalna istraživanja dobrobiti, koja ih etička pitanja u provođenju longitudinalnih istraživanja s djecom najviše brinu i kako bi ih oni riješili. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da djeca i mladi svojim razumijevanjem dobrobiti te načinom naglašavanja važnosti vođenja računa o privatnosti i pravima djece i mladih kao sudionika znanstvenih istraživanja mogu značajno doprinijeti kvaliteti istraživanja dobrobiti, stoga ih je iznimno važno i korisno uključiti aktivno u planiranje i provođenje longitudinalnog istraživanja dobrobiti djece i mladih. ; The European Cohort Development Project (ECDP) is financed from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme to create specific models for a European Research Infrastructure that will provide, over the next 25 years, comparative longitudinal survey data on child and young adult well-being. The infrastructure developed by ECDP will subsequently coordinate the first Europe wide cohort survey, named EuroCohort. This will be achieved through the following three objectives: (a) building support from key political policymakers with a brief which covers child well-being as well as national funding agencies tasked with infrastructural spending on science and survey data collection; (b) developing a scientifically excellent research design; (c) establishing a robust operation al framework that will ensure the logistic integrity of EuroCohort. The aim of one section of the project is to set up a Children and Young People's Advisory Groups (CYPAG) and to identify, through focus groups, a children's perspective on well-being, examine the meaning of the word 'well-being', as well as gather information of their understanding of ethical issues in longitudinal research on child well-being. Three focus group were conducted with about 20 children, in the age between 10 and 15, representatives from various fields of specially engaged groups of children, including technical, sports, science and social field, children involved in national and local relevant organizations, children from student councils, children from children's city council, children from relevant nongovernmental organizations and also children involved in sports organizations. Some of the children belong to groups such as minorities, children of divorced parents, children from single-parent families, children from foster families, children with disabilities, children with chronic illnesses, and children living in poverty. The results of a qualitative study are presented on how children experience different aspects of well-being, what they consider to be the most important factors affecting their well-being, how in their opinion longitudinal studies of child well-being should be conducted, how to include children in longitudinal studies of well-being, what ethical issues are they most concerned with within longitudinal research with children and how they can be addressed. The results show that children and young people, through their understanding of well-being and by emphasizing the importance of taking into account the privacy and rights of children and young people as participants in scientific research, can significantly contribute to the quality of well-being research, so it is extremely important and useful to involve them actively in planning and conducting a longitudinal study of the well-being of children and young people.

The aim of this paper is to analyse various dimensions of subjective well-being in Croatia: life satisfaction, happiness, personal and national well-being, to compare some of these dimensions between 2003 and 2005, and to compare our data with available data from other European countries. The data used were obtained from two national surveys (2003 and 2005). In both surveys participants were representative samples of Croatian citizens. Comparisons with other European
countries were based on the data set from the project on monitoring quality of life in Europe conducted in 2003 by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Results of analyses showed that Croatia's subjective well-being rates fit at the
bottom of the EU-15 or at the top of the 13 acceding and candidate countries, according to their status in 2003. Happiness ratings in Croatian citizens were rather high and increased between 2003 and 2005. Satisfaction with personal life domains showed that the standard of living is the least satisfying, while relationships with family and friends were the most satisfying. When rating national domains, Croatian citizens were the most satisfied with national security and the state of the environment and the least satisfied with social conditions in the country.