Life and Work

The presentation of the results of the magazine’s “Wprost” report of November 20, 2006 concerning the quality of life in the biggest cities of Poland.

What variables are the report’s results based on?

The total assessment (minimum 8 points, max. 120 points) consists of the component marks in the following fields:

Work and Earnings (max. 30 points) with the following criteria:

the average income of the inhabitants
the number of economic entities registered in the REGON system per 1000 inhabitants
the unemployment rate

Prices (max. 20 points) with the following criteria:

the grocery bill (including the average price of bread, 10 eggs, a kilo of ham, a kilo of cheese, and a kilo of tomatoes)
the services and other goods bill: the average cost of a flat renting (space of 1m²), the average price of balleyage at the hairdresser’s, dentist visits, taxi services (1 km), a public transport ticket, a cinema ticket, one-hour swimming pool ticket, the price of high-octane petrol 95 (1 litre), Internet cafe’s charges for 1 hour

Health (max. 15 points) with the following criterion:

the average life length of the inhabitants (the average of men’s and women’s life lengths)

Housing Standard (max. 10 points) with the following criteria:

usable floor space (m²⁾ per capita

Infrastructure (max. 15 points) with the following criteria:

shopping floor space (m²⁾ per 1000 inhabitants
number of the universities’ places per 1000 inhabitants
number of hospital beds per 10 000 inhabitants
percentage of the inhabitants served by sewage treatment plants
number of kilometres of streets and roads per 1000 inhabitants

Safety (max. 10 points) with the following criteria:

number of crimes per 100 000 inhabitants
crimes detection rate

Entertainment and Rest (max.10 points) ) with the following criteria:

number of places in cinemas per 1000 inhabitants
number of restaurants, cafes, canteens and catering outlets per 10 000 inhabitants
the area of parks, grass lawns and estate greenery

Tourist Attractiveness of the Region (max. 10 points) with the following criterion:

number of foreign tourists using the accommodation yearly per 1000 inhabitants of the region

Results of the Report

	City	Points
1	Warszawa	88
2	Gdynia	87
3	Opole	85
4	Katowice	84
4	Poznań	84
5	Olsztyn	83
6	Kraków	79
7	Gdańsk	78
8	Białystok	74
9	Zielona Góra	72
10	Rzeszów	71
11	Bydgoszcz	70
12	Kielce	69
13	Szczecin	68
14	Toruń	65
14	Wrocław	65
15	Częstochowa	62
15	Gorzów Wielkopolski	62
16	Lublin	61
17	Gliwice	59
18	Wałbrzych	57
19	Radom	54
20	Łódź	48