Calidad de vida y cambio social. De la polarización social a la axiológica en la sociedad andaluza

Abstract

Results derived from an empirical research about life conditions in andalusian society are presented in this article. The research is based on an opinión survey carried out to a sample of 2.400 cases. The research has been designed taking into account the contemporary trend of analysing at the same time the objectives changes occurred in the objective life conditions in the past years and the subjective opinión citizens have about these changes. Comparing the objective and subjective dimensions, a typology has been developed according to the position people have in both aspects. The work focus in the type called "adaptation", that include those cases in which objective life condition are worst than the average of the total population, but nevertheless people declare to be satisfied with this situation. A hypothesis is discussed in order to explain this paradox, being the explanation that satisfaction in the type "adaptation" is due to an optimistic evaluation by those included in it of both past and expected social change.