The amount of leisure time is essential for the psychosocial functioning of individuals and their health. The work-life balance (W-LB) is a particularly important aspect. In 2018, a study was carried out on the population of adult inhabitants of Wroclaw (Poland) (N=898). The survey method was used, based on a dedicated, structured and highly standardised interview questionnaire as the research tool. The study was based on a quota sample. Research objectives: to identify the amount of leisure time and changes in the amount of leisure time in comparison with the period five years ago and their socio-demographic determinants. A total of 49% of the respondents had less than 20 hours of leisure time per week while 51% had less leisure time than five years earlier. The amount of leisure time and changes in that amount occurring in recent years depended on the respondents’ occupational activity, age and income. What drew particular attention were leisure time deficits among: adults throughout the whole cycle of their occupational activity and among respondents with a lower economic status and those with a higher level of education. The results have an applicative value and will be used to develop a programme to promote the idea of W-LB among Wroclaw inhabitants. The effectiveness of the intervention depends on whether or not the following systemic solutions are adopted: 1) support for working people throughout the whole cycle of their professional activity, especially for those aged 35–54; 2) counteracting social and health-based inequalities.
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We derive a general multiple state model for critical illness insurances. In contrast to the classical model, we take into account that the probability of death for a dread disease sufferer may depend on the duration of the disease, and the payment of benefits associated with a severe disease depends not only on the diagnosis but also on the disease stage. We apply the introduced model to the analysis of a critical illness insurance against the risk of lung cancer. Based on the real data for the Lower Silesian Voivodship in Poland, we estimate the transition matrix, related to the discrete-time Markov model. The obtained probabilistic structure of the model can be directly used to cost not only critical illness insurances and life insurances with accelerated death benefits option, but also to viatical settlement contracts.
The study was financed by the Wroclaw City Authority (contract No. D/WZD/19A/68/2018). The results presented in this publication are part of the research report titled "Beneficial or Harmful to Health? Sociological Analysis of the Lifestyles of Wroclaw Inhabitants" (original title: Z korzy scią dla zdrowia czy na jego szkodę? Analiza socjologiczna stylu życia Wroclawian), carried out in 2018 under the statutory activities of the Kreatywnie dla Zdrowia Foundation. Statistical analysis of data was cofinanced: SUB.A150.20.001 (Wroclaw Medical University).
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