Abstract
Research background:The paper deals with the quality of life and the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 on people’s lives in Slovakia and in selected region. The concept of quality of life and dimensions of quality of life, which are necessary for its evaluation are mentioned, too. It also describes the current state of the issue in Slovakia and abroad on the basis of the selected indicators, where individual countries of the world are compared.Purpose of the article:There are mentioned approaches to quality of life assessment and to conduct a survey of quality of life in a selected region which deals with the development of the quality of life. The paper deals with the analysis of the current state of the problem in Slovakia and abroad. Various definitions of the term quality of life through several authors and views.Methods:Indices in a global and national level for assessment of selected aspects of objective and subjective quality of life in terms of pandemics COVID-19 are mentioned. In order to assess the impact of a pandemic related to COVID-19 on satisfaction of citizens with several aspects of their lives in selected region is analyzed on the basis of an e-survey.Findings & Value added:The result of the article is a comparison of individual indicators of the subjective quality of life in selected EU member states and the Slovak Republic. A survey of the satisfaction of the inhabitants of selected region with selected areas of quality of their lives connected with the COVID-19 pandemic is carried out in order to monitor and evaluate the quality of life at the level of local governments.
Highlights
The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection, described as COVID-19, has spread in early 2020 to almost all countries, adversely affecting the world economy
Hungary placed 40th. (HDIR, 2021) While in the years 1990 - 2000 the difference between the Human Development Index (HDI) of the Slovak Republic and the European average increased, after joining the EU it is gradually approaching. (HDI, 2019) Life expectancy increased by 6.3 years, average school attendance increased by 1.9 years and expected years of school attendance increased by 2.9 years
The study results indicate an increase in the unemployment rate in Slovakia during 2020 by 2–3% compared to the trend of its development, which would have occurred without a pandemic. (Svabova et al, 2021)
Summary
The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection, described as COVID-19, has spread in early 2020 to almost all countries, adversely affecting the world economy. (Ahrendt et al, 2018) During COVID-19 pandemics countries took very strict restrictions such as vacation for schools, working from home, quarantine for regions with high number of cases, and most importantly, lockdown to slow down the COVID 19 outbreak. The lockdown has both environmental and economic impact on countries. The quality of life dramatically changed in terms of economic, social, health and environmental conditions. (Elias, 2010) The objective dimension of quality of is defined as the sum of economic, social, health and environmental conditions that affect an individual's life. Among the basic living conditions, we can include the average wage, availability of services, education possibilities, etc. (Binda et al, 2017)
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