Analysis of a cultural consensus model of two good-life sub-domains--health & well-being and migration & socioeconomic milieu--in three population groups in Croatia.
In this study the construct of a 'good life' was explored among upper secondary school senior pupils and their parents and teachers by applying cultural consensus model analysis. A total of 469 students, 474 parents and 158 teachers from four Croatian cities participated in the study, which was conducted in 2011/2012. The information collected through interviewing and free-listing during the first phase of the study was used to create a set of structured questionnaire questions as a part of the survey in the second phase of data collection. The results are reported on two good-life sub-domains: 'health & well-being' and 'migration & socioeconomic milieu'. The results indicate heterogeneity of the sample groups, incomplete inter-generational transmission of cultural values and examples of two sub-groups that resist cultural norms and do not comply with the dominant 'competence-as-sharing' paradigm. The value of testing the cultural consensus model based on the emic approach and locally significant phenomena is demonstrated for planning and conducting holistic anthropological research.
*Institute for Social Research in Zagreb,Zagreb,Croatia.
Lana
L
Peternel
†Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies,Zagreb,Croatia.
Ana
A
Malnar
*Institute for Social Research in Zagreb,Zagreb,Croatia.
Irena Martinović
IM
Klarić
D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D017523:Croatia; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010290:Parents; D044382:Population Groups; D012574:Schools; D012923:Social Class; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires