Abstract:
The main idea of this study was to test the theories and ideas developed by
Webley et al.(2001), The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life, and to compare
research from Slovakia with the study from a Polish town. Four different
questionnaires, which were created by Jakub Dziekonski at WSB-NLU and then
slightly modified to fit the Slovak conditions, were surveyed among four different
age-groups of children. 120 questionnaires were equally distributed among the
four groups: the pre-school period, the school entry period, the school period: (9-
10 years old), and the school period: (10-14 years old). Apart from the fact that
each nation has its own cultural and economical differences, all four groups,
which were surveyed in Slovakia, follow the same developmental and economic
patterns as the equivalent British example described by Webley et. al (2001) and
Jakub Dziekonski’s study carried out in a small Polish town.
