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The present study evaluated the integration of elderly people who migrated to Israel during their lifetimes. Subjective well-being,
as measured by the immigrants’ perception of quality of life, satisfaction with life and emotional state, served as a general
indicator of integration. The integration of elderly immigrants has not received adequate attention in the literature. A unique
database (SHARE-Israel) that was recently released has made study of this topic possible. The current study sample was composed
of former migrants aged 50 and older (n = 930). The analytic model examined ethnic origin and migration variables in relation to the respective subjective outcomes,
controlling for sociodemographic background, human and social capital and health. The findings show that in general, ethnic
origin seems to matter less for the evaluation of immigrants’ subjective well-being than other socio economic factors such
as economic status, social capital and health status. However, recent arrivals from the Former Soviet Union do differ from
all other immigrant groups in their lower levels of well-being. In addition, the study points to the importance of language
proficiency as a central means for integration in the destination country. 相似文献
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to see if earlier findings about factors associated with well-being could be replicated in a large
population-based sample in Sweden. To the best of our knowledge, no research on well-being has been conducted on such a large
population in a country, which by most standards is regarded as one of the most fortunate in the world. With its economic
wealth and highly developed social welfare and health care system, Sweden is a country where the conditions for a high level
of well-being would appear to be met. Methods: 10,441 randomly selected Swedish citizens, aged between 20 and 64 years, living in Stockholm County, completed a questionnaire
covering issues such as demographics, social network and psychological well-being. The data were collected during the years
1998–2000. Results: Male gender, greater age, cohabiting, good childhood conditions, support from friends, sound financial situation and absence
of negative life events were positively associated with well-being and explained 20% of the variance. Conclusion: The findings replicated earlier studies. Factors associated with well-being seem to remain the same, and are still explaining
only a small part of the total variance, despite different measurements, time, sample sizes or country of origin. Therefore,
research on well-being needs to take a new turn, by placing less focus on external factors and more focus on the internal
factors, such as a person’s personality and coping strategies. 相似文献
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Ethnic Enclaves and the Earnings of Immigrants 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
A large literature in sociology concerns the implications of immigrants’ participation in ethnic enclaves for their economic
and social well-being. The “enclave thesis” speculates that immigrants benefit from working in ethnic enclaves. Previous research
concerning the effects of enclave participation on immigrants’ economic outcomes has come to mixed conclusions as to whether
enclave effects are positive or negative. In this article, we seek to extend and improve upon past work by formulating testable
hypotheses based on the enclave thesis and testing them with data from the 2003 New Immigrant Survey (NIS), employing both
residence-based and workplace-based measures of the ethnic enclave. We compare the economic outcomes of immigrants working
in ethnic enclaves with those of immigrants working in the mainstream economy. Our research yields minimal support for the
enclave thesis. Our results further indicate that for some immigrant groups, ethnic enclave participation actually has a negative
effect on economic outcomes. 相似文献
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Income Inequality and its Consequences for Life Satisfaction: What Role do Social Cognitions Play? 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Simone M. Schneider 《Social indicators research》2012,106(3):419-438
While it is generally agreed that income inequality affects an individual’s well-being, researchers disagree on whether people
living in areas of high income disparity report more or less happiness than those in more equal environments, thereby indicating
the need to study how and why income inequality matters to the individual’s well-being. Findings on group-specific reaction
patterns to income inequality further fuel this need. Alesina et al. (2004) argue that a preference for inequality and the perception of the possibility of social mobility account for the indistinct
relationship between income inequality and subjective well-being. Combining this hypothesis with previous research on social
cognition and drawing on social justice theory, this paper aims to demonstrate the mediating nature of perceptions of income
inequality. It argues that the perceived legitimacy of distributive outcomes and procedures contributes to how income inequalities
affect individuals and their sense of well-being. The empirical analysis is based on data from the International Social Justice
Project, developed from face-to-face interviews with a representative sample of the German population. Using structural equation
modeling, the paper finds structural biases in the perception of income inequality. The paper concludes that subjective well-being
is a product of the individual’s perception and legitimating processes. The results indicate that social cognition is a useful
tool for studies of income inequality and subjective well-being. 相似文献
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The paper indicates using community development and sustainable livelihood theories as lenses that well-being indicators vary
among societies, especially in developing countries due cultural differences. The study which was carried in three rural communities
in Ho Municipality in the Ghana was to show the extent to which men’s and women’s sense of well-being were determined by their
local economic, religious, social, and education indicators; all of which were driven by their cultural values. Since men
and women placed different values on religious, social, economic, education indicators, the paper discusses that their importance
to overall well-being also differs between men and women. 相似文献
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This paper examines the question of how social well-being, or quality of life, in Northern Ireland has changed through time
from 1958 to 1998. After reviewing major economic trends and governmental policy affecting the region, we develop an overall
measure of quality of life based on previous research into social well-being in Northern Ireland. We find that the ‘Troubles’
clearly impact the quality of life in Northern Ireland but not necessarily as broadly as one might suspect. The majority of
the sixteen underlying indicators used for creating a measure of social well-being remain largely unaffected by the conflict
and closely track increases in overall United Kingdom Gross Domestic Product. The remaining five measures of social well-being
are significantly impacted by the conflict. The resulting measures of social well-being and some suggested uses for future
research are then presented. 相似文献
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The Quality of Life in China 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The Asia Barometer Survey of 2,000 respondents reveals that substantial majorities of the Chinese people experience feelings
of happiness, enjoyment, and accomplishment. In fact, the proportion experiencing these indicators of a high quality of life
are larger in China than in some more prosperous countries. Favorable historical comparison, sustained high economic growth,
satisfaction with interpersonal life, and a high percentage of married people are among the explanations for China’s prevalence
of subjective well-being. The Chinese people’s high levels of satisfaction with their interpersonal, material, and nonmaterial
life domains, their positive assessments of their relative living standards, and their high rate of marriage are three direct
positive influences on subjective well-being. Value priorities and other demographic characteristics also have indirect bearings
on subjective well-being in China. 相似文献
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Michael Haan 《Population research and policy review》2008,27(6):751-771
In recent years, successive cohorts of immigrants to Canada have experienced a striking level of deterioration in their economic
well-being. At the same time, more immigrants than ever before are choosing to live in Montréal, Toronto, or Vancouver, Canada’s
three-first-tier or ‘gateway cities’. This paper uses instrumental variable regression techniques to determine the extent
to which gateway city clustering is related to immigrant economic well-being. It identifies whether employment status, earnings,
and employment suitability would significantly improve if more immigrants chose to live outside of Canada’s three gateway
cities. The results suggest that, for the most part, although immigrants do worse than the native-born in gateway cities,
they do experience marginally higher earnings than their non-gateway counterparts. Income and unemployment rates are higher
for immigrants in gateway cities than they are for the native-born, but the gateway/non-gateway disparity is minimal. Levels
of employment mismatch are substantially higher in gateway cities, compared to both the gateway city native-born population,
and non-gateway immigrants. An analysis of the data shows that only marginal improvements to economic well-being would result
from an increase in non-gateway immigration, and that there are other factors, like race or skin colour, that seem to be more
closely linked to labour market success.
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Asher Ben-Arieh John Gal Lenna Nepomnyaschy Irwin Garfinkel 《Social indicators research》2007,80(1):223-248
This article presents a comparative study in which social indicators were employed as a means to examine differences in living
conditions and family and children outcomes on a local level. The study obtained household-level data on the well-being of
children and families in two cities: New York (NYC) and Tel Aviv (TLV). Data were collected using computer assisted telephone
interview (CATI) technology and random digit dialing (RDD). Telephone interviews were conducted with the randomly selected
adults in English, Spanish and Chinese in NYC and in Hebrew in TLV. The study reported here documented differences in family
and child well-being between the two cities. It further documented that family size and caregiver level of education play
a similar role in both cities and their importance in regard to child and family outcomes. The significant differences found
in adults’ and especially children’s outcomes were analyzed by the caregiver’s level of education and further support the
need for policies that alleviate the burden of less educated caregivers and aim to improve the well-being of them and their
families. The study demonstrates the relevance of social indicators at the local level, not only for measuring outcomes among
specific populations, but also in regard to their possible implications for social policies, a most timely task in an era
of social services devolution. 相似文献
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An Index of Child Well-being in the European Union 总被引:11,自引:1,他引:11
While the living conditions of children and young people in the European Union have gained increasing recognition across the
EU, the well-being of children is not monitored on the European level. Based on a rights-based, multi-dimensional understanding
of child well-being we analyse data already available for the EU 25, using series data as well as comparative surveys of children
and young people. We compare the performance of EU Member States on eight clusters with 23 domains and 51 indicators and give
a picture of children’s overall well-being in the European Union. The clusters are children’s material situation, housing,
health, subjective well-being, education, children’s relationships, civic participation and risk and safety. 相似文献
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There are marked differentials in mortality risks across regions in Finland. No exhaustive explanation to this variation has
been provided, however. The aim of this paper is to analyse how geographic ancestry, as proxied by persons’ birth region and
population group, interrelates with cause-specific mortality risks. Focusing on people aged between their mid-thirties and
late-forties, we use longitudinal population register data that offer opportunities to account for variables that represent
both persons’ social background and their own social status at young adult age. Results of Cox proportional hazard models
say that these variables have substantial effects on mortality of different causes, but only a marginal impact on the variation
in death rates by birth region and population group. The geographic mortality pattern is found to be specifically prominent
for causes of death that are fairly unrelated to persons’ lifestyles. Our findings suggest that genetic predisposal as expressed
in terms of geographic ancestry might play a relevant role in understanding mortality variation within the population of Finland. 相似文献
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Peter D. Brandon 《Population research and policy review》2005,24(5):411-429
Considerable increases in the numbers of children living with grandparents have prompted concerns over their economic well-being
and grandparents’ use of welfare programs. Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, I profile the economic
well-being of children living with grandparents and estimate the likelihood of receiving two welfare programs: food stamps
and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Findings suggest that identifying the exact living arrangements of children
is pivotal to understanding differences in economic disadvantage and welfare receipt among children living with grandparents.
Although children in grandmother-only, no parent present families are the most likely to be poor, they are not the children
most likely to receive welfare. The children most likely to receive welfare live with their single mothers and grandparents
in three-generation households. 相似文献
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Jorge Castellá Sarriera Daniel Abs Ferran Casas Lívia Maria Bedin 《Social indicators research》2012,106(3):545-561
This paper’s main objective is to show relations between interest in media, perceived social support and adolescents’ personal
well-being. For this purpose, 1,589 Brazilian adolescents answered a questionnaire containing Cummins’ Personal Well-Being,
Vaux’s Social Support Appraisals and Casas’ interest in media scales. The media in study are: The Internet, computer games,
video games, computer, cell phone and television. For the data analysis this research used Structural Equation Modeling, a
statistical methodology based on the confirmation of hypotheses previously established by theoretical frameworks on data.
A final model of relations between media, support and well-being was obtained with a fit considered satisfactory by the literature.
Implications of media on adolescents’ well-being based on this model are considered. 相似文献
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Katarina Boye 《Social indicators research》2009,93(3):509-525
Absolute as well as relative hours of paid and unpaid work may influence well-being. This study investigates whether absolute
hours spent on paid work and housework account for the lower well-being among women as compared to men in Europe, and whether
the associations between well-being and hours of paid work and housework differ by gender attitudes and social context. Attitudes
towards women’s and men’s paid work and housework obligations may influence how beneficial or detrimental it is to spend time
on these activities, as may social comparison of one’s own hours to the number of hours commonly spent among similar others.
A group of 13,425 women and men from 25 European countries are analysed using country fixed-effects models. The results suggest
that while men’s well-being appears to be unaffected by hours of paid work and housework, women’s well-being increases with
increased paid working hours and decreases with increasing housework hours. Gender differences in time spent on paid work
and housework account for a third of the European gender difference in well-being and are thus one reason that women have
lower well-being than men have. Gender attitudes do not appear to modify the associations between hours and well-being, but
there is a tendency for women’s well-being to be higher the less housework they do compared to other women in the same family
situation and country. However, absolute hours of paid work and housework appear to be more important to women’s well-being
than relative hours.
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Katarina BoyeEmail: |
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We investigate the level and selectivity of emigration from the United States among foreign-born adults. We use the CPS Matching
Method (Van Hook et al. 2006) to estimate the probability of emigration among foreign-born adults aged 18–34, 35–64 and 65+ from 1996 to 2009 (N = 92,852). The results suggest higher levels of emigration than used in the production of official population estimates.
Also, indicators of economic integration (home ownership, school enrollment, poverty) and social ties in the U.S. (citizenship,
having young children, longer duration in the United States) deter emigration. Conversely, having connections with the sending
society, such as living apart from a spouse, was associated with emigration, particularly among Mexican men. Health was least
strongly related to emigration. Simulations suggest that selective emigration may alter the home ownership and marital status,
but not health, composition of immigrant cohorts. The implications for public policy are discussed. 相似文献
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Po Keung Ip 《Social indicators research》2011,104(3):459-474
Discourses on Chinese folk happiness are often based on anecdotal narratives or qualitative analysis. Two traditional concepts
of happiness popular in Chinese culture are introduced. The paper constructs a concept of Chinese folk happiness on basis
of the findings of a scientific survey on the Taiwanese people regarding their concepts of well-being at nation and personal
levels. The survey has revealed that people’s concepts of well-being are consisted of a diversity of elements including political,
economic, social, and cultural factors, as well as health, family, job, and social relationships. The paper compares these
concepts with the traditional notions of Chinese folk happiness. 相似文献
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Zagórski K 《Social indicators research》2011,104(2):331-349
This paper discusses the relations between economic development, family income, and happiness in post-communist Poland from
the point of view of Inglehart’s theory of modernization. The happiness is understood as satisfaction with income and life,
and as psychological well-being. The analysis of survey data yields the conclusion that economic development reduces the strength
of the relations between income and satisfaction as well as between income and psychological well-being. These findings may
be explained by changes in the value system from collectivist/materialist to individualist/post-materialist, even when these
values are not directly measured. The analyzed data are from a series of representative surveys conducted in Poland during
a period of political and economic transformation (i.e., between 1989 and 2008). Official statistical data on Polish economic
development during the same period are used as a background for survey results. The relations between income and happiness
change in Poland in a way consistent with Inglehart’s modernization theory. 相似文献
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Dana Anaby William C. Miller Janice J. Eng Tal Jarus Luc Noreau PACC Research Group 《Social indicators research》2011,100(1):171-183
This study explored the unique contribution of participation (daily activities and social roles) in explaining well-being
of older adults living with chronic conditions and examined which aspect of participation (accomplishment of participation
or satisfaction with participation) was more important in describing their well-being. Two hundred older adults with chronic
conditions completed the following assessments: Satisfaction with Life Scale to measure well-being; Assessment of Life Habits
to evaluate two aspects of participation: (a) accomplishment of daily activities and social roles and (b) level of satisfaction
with participation; Interpersonal Support Evaluation List to assess level of social support and Affect Balance scale to measure
level of balance confidence. In addition, participants’ level of mobility was assessed using the Timed Up and Go test. Regression
analysis was performed. Results indicated that number of chronic conditions, social support and satisfaction with participation
had a significant contribution to well-being and altogether explained 31% of its variance whereas accomplishment of participation
did not play as significant role in the model. In conclusion, participation has a unique contribution to older adults’ well-being
where satisfaction with participation rather than the accomplishment of activities is of importance. Additional aspects of
participation and level of disability are key factors identified for further inquiry. 相似文献
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Takayoshi Kusago 《Social indicators research》2007,81(1):79-102
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been utilized by academics and policy makers to indicate the economic well-being of the people.
However, economic growth measures cannot capture fully the overall well-being of the people. This paper has tested quality
of economic growth in Japan after World War II as to whether it has brought about positive outcome in the well-being of its
citizens. Comparison between GDP and GPI (Genuine Progress Index) has revealed that GDP does not fit as well with people’s
life satisfaction trend as GPI. Prefecture-based rankings on GDP, Human Development Index (HDI) and Life Satisfaction have
shown that there are clear gaps between objective measures and subjective measures to indicate the overall well-being of the
people. Also, analysis on major determinants for people’s life satisfaction reveals that older people, women, non-employed
people, and those who live in subsidized housings felt satisfied with their life. 相似文献