Quality of Life Research in the European Union. În Calitatea vieţii (Quality of Life: A Journal al Social Policy) XV, no. 3-4, 2004, Bucharest

Quality of life research in Europe, the distinct EU programs included, enjoys an increasing interest. One proof is the quality of life survey and monitoring program of the "European Foundation for the Improvement of Life and Working Conditions" established in Dublin, Republic of Ireland; the program started in 2000, with H. Krieger and R. Anderson as research managers. After several reports on the conditions of life and work, Paoli, P. and Merllie, D. published the "Third European Survey on Working Conditions 2000" (Luxembourg, 2000), while in 2003, Fahey, Nolan and Whelan published "Monitoring Quality of Life in Europe", a theoretical paper presenting the above-mentioned program (for further information see I. Mãrginean, in Quality of Life, no. 3-4/2003). Finally, Alber, Jens and Fahey, Tony published this year (2004) a comparative analysis of the conditions of life in the enlarged Europe: "Perception of the Conditions of Life in an Enlarged Europe". The paper is accompanied by seven technical reports: "The low income and deprivation" (H. Russel, C. Whelan); "Perception of Integration and of Social Exclusion" (P. Bohnke); "Satisfaction from Life" (J. Delhey); "Work and the Standard of Living" (K. Kovacs and B. KapitAny); "Health and Health Care" (J. Alber and U. Kohler); "Fertility and Family Problems" (T. Fahey and Z. Speder); "Migration Trends" (H. Krieger). These reports too have the phrasing "in an enlarged Europe" in their titles.