How individuals care for the protection of their properties – as an important element of household management

With the diploma thesis, they wanted to research how people care for prevention in protecting their households and consequently for the ** safety of their families, how successful they are in this, and how much money they are prepared to pay for it. We were particularly interested in what their sample shows about the satisfaction of those who regularly use ** security systems in their properties. In the diploma thesis, they tested ** three stated hypotheses.** With a survey questionnaire, they gained insight into how people from their sample on average care for the preventive protection of their properties and households. With the results, they achieved the set objectives, as it turned out that the respondents generally feel the need for preventive security measures.

Problem

With the diploma thesis, they wanted to research how people care for prevention in protecting their households and consequently for the ** safety of their families, how successful they are in this, and how much money they are prepared to pay for it. We were particularly interested in what their sample shows about the satisfaction of those who regularly use ** security systems in their properties. Given today's technological progress, they checked how often people reveal their absence from home to a wider audience via social networks and thus ** risk the possibility of burglaries and misuse of properties.**

Solution and method

In the diploma thesis, they tested three stated hypotheses. With a survey questionnaire, they gained insight into how people from their sample on average care for the preventive protection of their properties and households.

Results

With the results, they achieved the set objectives, as it turned out that the respondents generally feel the need for preventive security measures. Perhaps the reason lies in the fact that this makes them feel safe at home. Instead of dealing with each security component separately (e.g. cylinder locks), they prefer to purchase anti-burglary doors, locks that lock at multiple points on entrance doors, and decide to install an anti-burglary alarm system with motion sensors, and comprehensively take care of preventive security measures already at the entrance.

The first hypothesis, which states: 'More than half of the respondents do not use preventive security systems', is therefore rejected, which means that in the sample of respondents, they found that they generally use at least one type of preventive security measures, whether this is a multi-point lock or additional cross bars on entrance doors. Only a small proportion (13%) of respondents answered here that they ** do not use** any preventive security measures. The second hypothesis: 'More than half of the respondents publish their departure on ** holiday on social networks**', is also rejected, as they obviously realise what damage they could cause themselves by doing so.

During holiday periods, the number of burglaries increases. We assume that those who publish their departure on holiday on social networks are mostly those who do not own their own property or are still too young to even think about it. Perhaps the reason for the posts is also that the respondents do not think about the consequences that these posts could bring, or they completely trust their followers on social networks.

The third hypothesis: 'At least a third of respondents pay less than 100 EUR for security prevention', is accepted, as 39% of respondents answered this way. 12% even claimed that they do not allocate money for preventive security measures. We believe that people are insufficiently informed about all possible variants of security systems with which they could prevent burglary and theft of property.

In Slovenia, the most common type of burglary in most cases is still with the help of violent acts, such as breaking windows and doors, so special care must be taken for preventive security measures. This means that even with a small investment in property protection, we can ** deter the perpetrator from committing a criminal act. It makes sense to follow the development of technology also in the field of household and property protection, as ensuring family safety is an important factor ** on the path to quality of life.

On the other hand, it is advisable to avoid a more detailed description on social networks when we leave our home and for how long. With this research, they delved into the problem of non-use of security systems – what type of protection and security measures individuals actually use in reality. They noticed that in general, they do not exaggerate with financial investments in ensuring security.

It seems to us that they are still insufficiently informed about possible preventive security measures. We believe that nowadays it does not take much to protect our properties with the help of technology and thus additionally increase the sense of security of our homes and families. This diploma thesis can be an excellent starting point for further research and information about preventive security measures in the future.