Open AccessPersonnal, occupational and geographical satisfaction in the staff of a state university in Costa Rica: effect of sex, marital status, age and educatio
Author(s) -
Lourdes Arce Espinoza
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cuadernos de investigación uned/cuadernos de investigación uned
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1659-4266
pISSN - 1659-441X
DOI - 10.22458/urj.v7i2.1139
Subject(s) - marital status , life satisfaction , psychology , gerontology , set (abstract data type) , public university , job satisfaction , demography , social psychology , medicine , sociology , political science , population , computer science , programming language , public administration
Satisfaction is determined by a set of external and internal factors of the individual, experiences, culture and the environment; it changes with goals and achievements. Here I analyze the results of an online survey of 1000 institutional email users from a public university in Costa Rica. Men are more satis ed with life in general and single, widowed or divorced people are less satis ed than those living with a partner. The greatest satisfaction is associated with tenure, being over 31 years old and having a high academic degree. Overall satisfaction is medium-high which is consistent with other local studies.