A házasság és az életminőség kapcsolata - regionális különbségek Magyarországon

Abstract

A special aspect of the research related to well-being is represented by the studies that deal with the special role of marriage. Different studies have already proved that marriage has a positive effect on both adults and children in many ways: it improves health condition and the quality of life from various aspects. Some former results of scientific investigation (Robert Sampson, 1987, and Porter and Purser, 2010) also shown at community level in the United States that the high rate of married people in a region strengthens interpersonal connections, improves the health condition of these people, life-expectancy of the residents and at the same time it lowers the crime rate. These investigations were mostly carried out in the United States, this study tries to prove if similar effects can be experienced in Hungarian counties. The author compares regional differences at county level in the field of life-expectancy, crime rates and the Human Development Index.