Residents’ perception of some aspects of quality of life in the cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

In fi ve focus groups, organized in fi ve major cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
residents gave answers on how they perceive some aspects of quality of life that
would have to be improved by their municipal authorities. On this basis,
we constructed a scale for measuring the quality of life in those areas which
are under the local jurisdiction and in which local authorities can aff ect the
quality of life of residents. Factor analysis extracted 7 factors of quality of life
with which we can explain 71% variance, while individual factors explain
5-26% of common variance. Th e scale for measuring the quality of life was
administered to 1503 respondents in 14 cities in B&H. It is found that there
are signifi cant diff erences in quality of life among certain municipalities,
while the quality of life in the Republic of Srpska and Federation B&H is
uniform.