title: [Occupational satisfaction and quality of life in women aged 45-60 years in the Silesia voivodeship].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Quality of life is an important issue of public health. It becomes essential in the population of active workers, especially women who besides their occupational activity have to perform other important roles, such as care of their children or older parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  The presented study is an attempt to answer the question on whether occupational activity, especially job satisfaction, provides better quality of live in the population of women aged 45-60 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The obtained results confirm that a better quality of live, measured by the status of physical and mental health, is characteristic of occupationally active women with a higher level of education, who also experience job satisfaction. Care of children or older parents has no impact on the decline of quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The improvement of qualifications and occupational activity can contribute to a better quality of live in the population of women.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Epidemiologii, Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny, Katowice. mkowalska@sum.edu.pl
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kowalska
authors.forename: Urszula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Marcinkowska
authors.forename: Jadwiga
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jośko
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*