Are There Differences Reffering To The Living Standard In Romania According To The Occupational Status? Empiric Research Reffering To The Endowment With Durable Goods In Romanian Households

The endowment with durable goods is both a barometer of the living standard and life quality published as a statistic indicator by the National Institute for Statistics from Romania (INS) and at European level – comparative – by Eurostat, for European countries. For both national and European level , this indicator is reported taking into account socio-demographic characteristics of the of the family head and of the household itself , such as : occupational status , education level, gender, the age of the family head , the number of the persons from the household, etc. From all the socio-demographic variables , we consider the most important the one referring to the occupational status of the family head, this being correlated directly with the educational level and implicitly with the income, variables which were the foundation of constituting the sample basis of this research. Previous research proved that the endowment with durable goods presents significant differences from a statistical point of view at the level of the development regions from Romania. In this work, we complete previous research for Romania, based on a representative sample at urban national level consisting of 300 households, using a double scheme of sampling, stratified samples and on levels. For this I used methods of descriptive and non-parametric statistics starting from the hypothesis that, the living standard and the quality of life in Romania are significantly different from a statistical point of view according to the occupational status of the household head. The conclusions of this research present importance from the point of view of social and macroeconomical politics as well as for the “’actors” of the market for these consumption goods