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The study was aimed at describing the value system of sexual workers in private sex business. The study used the quantitative research strategy and the technique of standardized VALS (Values and Lifestyle) questionnaire. Additionally to the questionnaires, the respondents were also subject to biographical-narrative interviews dealing with the motivation for work in sex business, risk behaviour and other topics. The research set consisted of women working in private sex business (N=37) and advertising their service...

Background: Health literacy, which is a part of the fundamental equipment for life and the path to the health of the individual and of the society, has been coming to the foreground of many scientific disciplines in recent years. The crucial issue of the presented area consists in the fact that low health literacy is a serious risk factor for health, which deepens undesirable health inequalities and results in high costs for health care. The goal of this article consists in presenting partial results of a study ma...

The article deals with the topic of the mobility of socially excluded Roma women. It is aimed at analyzing how mobility can work as a reaction strategy of solving social exclusion and the related poverty. The topic is based on the theories describing space mobility as motivation for improvement of life conditions, particularly in case of poverty. The study was implemented by the qualitative research strategy, the method of questioning and the technique of biographic-narrative interview. The research set consisted ...