Die gesellschaftliche Verteilung von Traurigkeit. Eine emotionssoziologische Analyse

Sociology is interested in the social incidence of and the factors that account for sadness as a part of a society’s culture of emotions. At the same time, it opens a range of opportunities for the study of social inequality in experiencing emotions. Based on Swiss Household Panel (SHP) data, relationships are assessed between the frequency of sadness, and the parameters of one’s position in the social structure, the social context, as well as critical life events. The paper confirms that sadness is reported differently along social predictors like gender, income, age, nationality and language region.