Poles in life and the family  

• We are ever more satisfied with life. In 1993 one in three Poles (33%) claimed to be pleased with their lives, while 40% were of the opposite opinion. The latest survey shows these figures at, respectively, 38% and 33%.
• Poles appreciate equal rights more and more. In 1996 some 43% were in favour of the model of marriage in which the husband earns the money for the family, while the wife looks after the home and children, while 48% preferred that in which both husband and wife have jobs, looking after the home and children together. The latest data gathered by Pentor shows that that these two models are now preferred respectively by 33% and 59%.

 Precious health  

• A growing number of Poles have no major health problems. In 1991 such an opinion was shared by 59% of Poles. Five years later this had risen to 65%, and the data from 2003 indicates that 69% of Poles claim to be suffering from no health problems.
• Women more than men feel a need to visit the doctor more often, and not only in situations when affected by serious disorders. In 2003 83% of men and 75% of women said they only go to the doctor when suffering from something serious.
• We are less and less likely to just take the medicine recommended by the doctor. In 1996 70% of the respondents said they only take medicine the doctor has prescribed, while in 2003 this had fallen to only 56%.

 At home 

• We are buying less and less household appliances. 56.8% of Poles didnt buy any such product in 1999, compared to 57.5% in 2000 and 59.6% in the next; the most recent survey gives this percentage at 62.7%.
• Products growing in popularity and bought more and more often by households are mobile phones, microwave ovens, DVD players, and PC computers.
• 43.3% of the Poles interviewed say they have a mobile phone. For comparison, only 4% answered in the affirmative in 1998.
• 26.1% of respondents claim to have a PC computer, and 27.4% a microwave oven. At the turn of 1995 just under 7% had a PC, while under 5% of respondents had  microwave oven.

In the bank

• Ever fewer people are using the banks services. The latest research shows that 55.8% of Poles use banks services, while in 2001 this percentage was 57.5% (and in 2002 57.3%).
• Over the last ten years there has been a rapid rise in the use of personal current accounts in banks. In 1993 9% of respondents claimed to have such accounts, compared to 41% in 1999, and 49% in 2004.
• 54% of Poles say that one should keep savings, but only when this doesnt mean sacrificing something, while 13% believe that theres no point having savings. 11 years ago these views were held respectively by 35% and 22% of Poles. 

On-line

• The number of Internet users is gradually rising in Poland. Over the last two years the percentage of adults (aged 15 and over) using the Internet has rising by over 20 percentage points, from 38% to 60%.
• The average Internet user is under thirty years old (this hasnt changed over the last two years). In every quarter just over three in five of those using the Internet at least occasionally were aged between 15 and 29. This is over twice as many as among all adult Poles.
• Internet users are mainly students and office workers. The former account for just over two fifths of Internet users, and the latter 30%.