Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement

1974 - 2025

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Volume 179, issue 2, 2025

Comparing the Evolving Dynamics of the Mandatory-Voluntary Financing Mix in OECD Countries: A Composite Measure pp. 593-616

Chiara Berardi, Heidi Wechtler, Madeleine Hinwood and Frederik Schut

Bridging or Breaking: Unraveling the Impact of Village Religious Diversity on Individual Trust in China’s Ethnic Regions pp. 617-651

Bingqian Tu

Integrating Multi-Source Satellite Imagery and Socio-Economic Household Data for Wealth-Based Poverty Assessment of India: A GIS and Machine Learning Based Approach pp. 653-676

Prashant Kumar Arya, Koyel Sur, Siddharth Dhote, Harsh Siral, Tanushree Kundu, Balwant Singh Mehta and Ravi Srivastava

Wealth and Life Satisfaction Across Europe: Cross-Sectional Evidence on Satiation and Cross-Country Heterogeneity pp. 677-688

Michal Brzezinski

Crossing Boundaries and Time: An Exploration of Time Allocation and Emotional Well-Being of Immigrants in the United States pp. 689-722

Nicola Daniele Coniglio, Rezart Hoxhaj and Raffaele Lagravinese

Broadening Well-being Indicators for Developed Countries: a New Proposal Based on Key Social Needs pp. 723-758

Luis Ayala, Olga Cantó, Rosa Martínez, Carolina Navarro and Marina Romaguera- de-la-Cruz

Introducing the Social Integration Index for Older Europeans: The Role of Gender and Care Regimes pp. 759-779

Michal Levinsky, Melanie Wagner, Alina Schmitz, Ella Cohn-Schwartz and Martina Brandt

Measuring Livelihood Resilience in the Mountainous Regions of Southwest China: Toward an Integrated Approach pp. 781-815

Binyan Wang, Cheng Qiu, Junfeng Tian and Yunyan Li

You Can’t Always Get What You Need: How Meaning in Life Mediates the Relationship Between Need Satisfaction and Depression pp. 817-837

Pninit Russo-Netzer and Ricardo Tarrasch

Do Reverse Mortgages Reduce Poverty Rates Among Older Adults Living Alone in Spain? Analysing Their Overall and Gender-Specific Effects pp. 839-860

Laura González-Vila Puchades, Maite Mármol Jiménez, Sara Solanilla Blanco and Xavier Varea Soler

Evaluating Poverty in all its Forms and Dimensions: Monetary, Multidimensional, and Subjective Poverty in Peru pp. 861-893

Jhonatan Clausen, Nicolas Barrantes, Carolina Trivelli and Fabio Salas

New Integrative Model of the Quality of Urban Life: A Systematic Review pp. 895-921

Raluca Răducan, Jessica Lozsa, Delia Vîrga and Marius Matichescu

Do Weights and Complex Design Matter in Structural Equation Modeling for Social Studies? An Example of the Political Satisfaction-Political Trust Model pp. 923-953

Magdalena Poteralska and Jolanta Perek-Białas

Gender and Age Matter! Identifying Important Predictors for Subjective Well-being Using Machine Learning Methods pp. 955-978

Lasare Samartzidis, Marco Quatrosi and Angelika Dulong

The Social Dynamics of Economic Comparisons: A Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Relative Wages on Subjective Well-Being Using Linked Survey and Register Data pp. 979-1001

Tilman Woerz, Matthias Collischon and Tobias Wolbring

The Dark Side of Moving Upward: How Residential Mobility Affects Subjective Well-Being in China pp. 1003-1024

Xiaobin Zhang, Mengran Wang and Huiling Huang

What Does Community Well-Being Mean in the University Setting? Staff Perspectives on Connection, Compassion, and Culture pp. 1025-1047

Alyson L. Dodd, Georgia Punton, Lisa Thomas, Elizabeth Orme, Stewart Martin, Nancy Hey and Nicola C. Byrom

Analyzing Stress Trajectories by the Type of Labor Market Transition Initially Experienced by South Korean Youth pp. 1049-1071

Yongho Lee, Boreum Kim and Rosa Park

The Economic Costs of Men's Long Work Hours for Women: Evidence on the Gender Wage Earnings Gap from Australia and Germany pp. 1073-1100

Tinh Doan, Liana Leach and Lyndall Strazdins

The Mental Health Toll of COVID-19: Discrimination, Loneliness, and Coping Behaviors among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders pp. 1101-1118

Soyoung Kwon and Shannon Shen

Measuring Informed Choice for Contraception in Burkina Faso: Comparing Self-Rated and Researcher-Ascribed Measures pp. 1119-1141

Brooke W. Bullington, Katherine Tumlinson, Nathalie Sawadogo, Claire W. Rothschild and Leigh Senderowicz

Volume 179, issue 1, 2025

Developing Planning Strategies for Public Open Spaces in Future Cities from a Multifaceted Perspective pp. 1-28

Wann-Ming Wey and Sun-Weng Huang

A Quantile Approach for Measuring Multidimensional Educational Poverty in Italy pp. 29-45

Caterina Giusti and Francesco Schirripa Spagnolo

Rasch and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Community Wellbeing Index: A Multicountry Validation Study pp. 47-66

Maria João Forjaz, Alba Ayala, Lusilda Schutte, Marie P. Wissing, Qambeshile Michael Temane, Timothy C. H. Campbell and Matthew T. C. Carroll

Beyond GDP: A Triple Helix Framework for a Happiness Economy pp. 67-94

Shruti Agrawal, Nidhi Sharma, Rohit Agrawal, Gianpaolo Iazzolino and Maria Elena Bruni

Do Estimates of Women’s Control over Income and Decisionmaking Vary Across Nationally Representative Survey Programs? pp. 95-122

Kalyani Raghunathan, Mai Mahmoud, Jessica Heckert, Gayathri Ramani and Greg Seymour

Examining the Role of Remittances, Technological Innovation, and Foreign Direct Investment on Environmental Quality in Pakistan: Fresh Evidence from a Novel Dynamic ARDL Simulation Approach pp. 123-151

Aamir Javed, Agnese Rapposelli, Festus Fatai Adedoyin and Zavish Arshad

Measuring “High-Quality Development” and Progress Toward “Common Prosperity” in China pp. 153-200

Junlai Zhang, Simiao Chen and Klaus Prettner

Cohort Differences in the Lifetime Parenthood Gender Pay Gap in the UK: An Accelerated Cohort-Sequential Growth Curve Approach pp. 201-234

Sook Kim

Is it Actually Working Well? A Comparative Study of the Redistributive Effectiveness of Public Social Benefits in 33 Countries pp. 235-267

Zuobao Wang, Tianrun Lin, Yao Chen and Shurui Zhang

Advancing Human Development Assessment in Chinese Cities: A Novel Data Envelopment Analysis-Based Benefit of the Doubt Approach pp. 269-313

Hadi Mareeh, Peiwen Li, Yaotian Sun, Ruchuan Zhang and Aijun Li

Trust in Context: Caste, Gender, and Developmental Disparities in India pp. 315-338

Shrestha Saha and Vincent Chua

Transforming Gross Domestic Product into Human Development: Concept and Determinants of Social Efficiency pp. 339-370

Diogo Ferraz, Enzo Barberio Mariano and Dominik Hartmann

Assessing the Role of Microfinance in Mitigating Income Inequality: New Evidence from a Global Context pp. 371-397

Ane C. H. Jensen and Amjad Naveed

Affective Judgement of a Sense of Social Connection: A Scale Refinement Process pp. 399-421

Jayme Verhagen, Adam Karg, Diane Sivasubramaniam, Carleigh Yeomans and Jane Farmer

Exploring the Consensual Income Approach to Measuring Poverty with an Application to Hong Kong pp. 423-440

Peter Saunders, Hung Wong and Vera Mun Yu Tang

Europeans’ Happiness from an Egalitarian Perspective: More Equal Overall, but Often More Polarized Between Rich and Poor pp. 441-462

Jan Delhey and Marcus Gercke

Direct and Indirect Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Neighborhood Disadvantage on Mental Health: Psychological Sense of Community as Mediator pp. 463-480

Brian D. Christens, Tommaso Galeotti, Michela Lenzi, N. Andrew Peterson and Peter C. Treitler

What is a Good Job and Who Gets It? A Typological Analysis of Job Quality in a Global Sample of Countries pp. 481-504

Arianna Gatta, Christine Ablaza, Rose-Marie Stambe and Greg Marston

Enhancing the Precision of the Revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) across Germany, Ghana, India, and New Zealand Using Rasch Methodology pp. 505-525

Peter Adu, Tosin Popoola, Emerson Bartholomew, Naved Iqbal, Oleg N. Medvedev and Colin R. Simpson

Effect of Cognitive Pretests on Measurement Invariance and Reliability in Quality of Life Measures: An Evaluation in Refugee Studies pp. 527-548

Natalja Menold

Geographies of feeling stuck behind and populist voting in The Netherlands pp. 549-579

Annie Tubadji, Martijn Burger and Don J. Webber

Correction: Unravelling Myths: A Difference-In-Differences Analysis of Post-Vaccination Mortality in Italy During COVID-19 pp. 581-582

Graziella Bonanno and Marino De Luca

Correction: Trends in Income and Well-Being Inequality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan pp. 583-591

Kayoko Ishii and Isamu Yamamoto

Volume 178, issue 3, 2025

Does Social Media Penetration Enhance Democratic Institutions? Evidence from Varieties of Democracy Data pp. 987-1024

Alex O. Acheampong and John Taden

Decoding the “Digital Code” of Happiness: Elaboration Based on Absolute Income and Relative Income pp. 1025-1052

Jingru Xiang and Congying Zhang

Importance Performance Matrix Analysis for Assessing User Experience with Intelligent Voice Assistants: A Strategic Evaluation pp. 1053-1079

Rosanna Cataldo, Martha Friel, Maria Gabriella Grassia, Marina Marino and Emma Zavarrone

Internet Usage and Non-Farm Employment of Rural Labor: Micro-Survey Data from Rural China pp. 1081-1102

Fan Chen, Sheng Shi and Wei Chen

Social Media and Political Polarization: A Panel Study of 36 Countries from 2014 to 2020 pp. 1103-1124

Jia Lu, Meiqi Sun and Zikun Liu

eGovernment Implementation in Italy. Regional Index for NRRP Goals Evaluation pp. 1125-1144

Susanna Traversa and Enrico Ivaldi

Digital Transformation of Oral Health Care: Measuring the Digitalization of Dental Clinics pp. 1145-1167

Pedro Ahumada Servant, Domingo Martín-Martín and Isidoro Romero

Impacts of Internet Information Literacy on Farmers’ Relative Poverty Vulnerability: Evidence from CGSS Survey Data in China pp. 1169-1200

Ningze Yang, Yiwei Wang, Hui Jin, Qi Qi and Yongliang Yang

Role of Digital-Government, Regional Integration, and Government Expenditures on Public Health Services in Selected Asian Economies pp. 1201-1225

Hafiz Syed Mohsin Abbas, Sadia Abbas, Samreen Gillani and Xiaodong Xu

Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Inclusion: Cross-Country Analysis pp. 1227-1244

Yogeeswari Subramaniam, Nanthakumar Loganathan, Fatin Nur Hidayah Taib Khan and Thirunaukarasu Subramaniam

Harmony in Chaos: A Comprehensive Exploration of Disruption and Sustainability Through NLP and Network Analysis pp. 1245-1272

Alessia Forciniti, Emma Zavarrone and Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo

The Measurement of Patients’ Satisfaction as a Key Indicator of Quality of Life for the Elderly: Two Services Compared pp. 1273-1294

Pietro Renzi and Alberto Franci

Correction: Harmony in Chaos: A Comprehensive Exploration of Disruption and Sustainability Through NLP and Network Analysis pp. 1295-1295

Alessia Forciniti, Emma Zavarrone and Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo

Homophily and Insularity Dynamics in an Echo Chambers: Computational Models for the Study of the Conspiracy Subculture in Facebook pp. 1297-1321

Vanessa Russo, Giulia Andrighetto, Mara Maretti, Eugenia Polizzi and Federico Cecconi

The Flow of Digital Transition: The Challenges of Technological Solutions for Hotels pp. 1323-1346

Ana María García-López, Luis Galindo-Pérez- de-Azpillaga and Concepción Foronda-Robles

From Displacement to Integration: An Examination of the Associations between Mobile Information and Communications Technology Use and Daily Time Use pp. 1347-1365

Chunjiang Li

How Digital Transformation Drives the Value Enhancement of SMTEs from the Perspective of Technology, Business and Social Interaction pp. 1367-1390

Zongqiang Ren and Qinghan Liu

Is the Fintech Era Making Us Happy? pp. 1391-1409

Le Van and Bao Khac Quoc Nguyen

Multilevel Modeling of Training Needs in Artificial Intelligence pp. 1411-1439

Veronica Distefano, Sabrina Maggio and Sandra De Iaco

Application of Spatial Big Data to Mobility: Study of Flows from the Inter-Autonomous Strip of Andalusia to the Most Populated Cities in Spain at NUTS-III Scale pp. 1441-1464

Jesús Ventura-Fernández and Llorenç Quetglas-Llull

Volume 178, issue 2, 2025

Measuring Socioeconomic Inequalities in a Comparative Perspective pp. 613-623

Sandra Fachelli, Christian Suter and Joonmo Son

Space-Sets: Introducing and Testing a Multi-dimensional Measure of Individual Transnational Mobility pp. 625-652

Ettore Recchi

Wealth, Wisdom, and the Will to Protect: An Examination of Socioeconomic Influences on Environmental Behavior pp. 653-683

Hussain Mohi Ud Din Qadri, Muhammad Bilal Zafar, Hassnian Ali and Muhammad Tahir

The Latent Classes of the Volunteer Satisfaction Index and Volunteering during the Pandemic in Singapore pp. 685-706

Joonmo Son, Leika Mesa, Yu Ping Wong and Mark Stanford

Equity and Education: Philosophies and Measurement pp. 707-723

José Saturnino Martínez García and Manuel Alejandro Giovine

Revisiting the FJH Hypothesis: New Data and New Measure for an Old Question on Social Mobility pp. 725-757

Marqúes Perales Ildefonso and Xiaowei Sun

Intergenerational Social Mobility and Gender Disparities by Cohort: A Comparative Study of Spain and Chile pp. 759-783

Cristian Segura-Carrillo

Social Mobility Under Mutual Index View: The Vicious Circle and the Virtuous Circle of Inequality. A Comparison Between Latin American and European Countries pp. 785-815

Sandra Fachelli, Ildefonso Marqués-Perales and Pedro López-Roldán

Wealth and Income Stratification by Social Class in Five European Countries pp. 817-841

Carlos J. Gil-Hernández, Pedro Salas-Rojo, Guillem Vidal and Davide Villani

Bringing Generalized Status Back in: Cross-National Evidence for a Unidimensional Measure pp. 843-873

Junwen Wang and Tony Tam

A Socio-Economic Index for Occupational Stratification in Argentina: With Insights for Comparative Research pp. 875-904

Sofia Jaime and Harry B. G. Ganzeboom

Social Comparisons for Well-being: The Role of Power Distance pp. 905-928

Jiansong Zheng and Junxian Shen

Intergenerational Transmission of Opportunity Inequality in the Context of the Healthy China Initiative pp. 929-960

Yuxiang Xie and E. Xie

Female Breadwinners’ Health and Well-Being: How Do Individual Gender Attitudes and Societal Gender Culture Matter? pp. 961-986

Sangsoo Lee

Volume 178, issue 1, 2025

Special Issue: Sustainability Analysis on Theoretical Perspectives and Tools for Policy-Makers—Data, Indicators, and Models pp. 1-9

Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo, Venera Tomaselli, Rosanna Cataldo and Luca Secondi

Modelling Population and Health Profiles in Italian and European Coastal and non-Coastal Areas pp. 11-37

A. P. M. Mirto, D. Vacca, L. Martina, A. Mistretta, E. Olla and F. P. Rizzo

Three-Dimensional Corruption Metrics: A Proposal for Integrating Frequency, Cost, and Significance pp. 39-62

Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez

Equal Opportunity and Luck: Empirical Exploration Using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging pp. 63-90

Yukiko Asada, Nathan K. Smith, Michel Grignon, Jeremiah Hurley and Susan Kirkland

A Relative Measure of Economic Insecurity and the Nexus with Job Change pp. 91-116

Alessandro Gallo, Silvia Pacei and Maria Rosaria Ferrante

The Digital Side to Mental Health: Uncovering the Relationship Between Screen-Based Entertainment and Mental Well-Being Among Older Rural Residents in China pp. 117-135

Rigao Liu, Haruka Nagao and John James Kennedy

Decomposing Poverty Change: A New Four-Dimensional Decomposition Method pp. 137-162

Shuang Xu, Kai Chen and Jiang Li

Authentic and Non-authentic Benevolence: Self-Determination Theory as a Framework to Establish Links to Well-Being pp. 163-184

Annie Paquet, Fabien Fenouillet, Charles Martin-Krumm, John-Tyler Binfet and Yvan Paquet

The Value of Pets: The Quantifiable Impact of Pets on Life Satisfaction pp. 185-223

Michael W. Gmeiner and Adelina Gschwandtner

Time Poverty: An Unintended Consequence of Women Participation in Farmers’ Associations pp. 225-253

Andres Barrios, Rodrigo Taborda and Ximena Rueda

Factors Influencing Young Children’s Mathematical Wellbeing in the United States pp. 255-278

Tye G. Campbell and Brennan Bean

Longitudinal Assessment of Financial Well-Being Across Europe Confirms the Multidimensionality of the Construct pp. 279-303

Leonore Riitsalu, Agata Gąsiorowska, W. Fred Raaij and Kai Ruggeri

Can Weight of Evidence Method Improve Poverty Targeting? pp. 305-333

Be Thanh Duong, Orkhan Sariyev and Manfred Zeller

From Flush to Fulfillment: Unveiling the Influence of Upgraded Sanitation on Subjective Well-Being pp. 335-370

Yiliyaer Mohetaer, Chuanfeng Han, Lingpeng Meng, Yiwen Shangguan and Pihui Liu

Socialized to (Dis)trust? A Panel Study into the Origins of Dispositional Institutional Trust pp. 371-391

Chaïm la Roi, Carmen Alebeek and Tom Meer

Detecting Causal Relations Among Indicators with the CTA Test: Simulations and Applications pp. 393-417

Mattia Cefis, Mario Angelelli, Maurizio Carpita and Enrico Ciavolino

Value Orientation Profiles and Their Association with Psychosocial Health and Subjective Well-Being Among Young Adults in Korea pp. 419-433

Donghee Jeong and Eun-Jung Shim

How Does Transportation Insecurity Compare and Relate to Other Indicators of Material Hardship in the U.S.? pp. 435-463

Alexandra K. Murphy, Natasha V. Pilkauskas, Nicole Kovski and Alix Gould-Werth

Alleviating Multidimensional Energy Poverty and Energy Unaffordability in Rural Areas: The Role of Renting-Out Land pp. 465-497

Junpeng Li and Wanglin Ma

What Do Households Do when Things Are Rough?? Economic Situation, Pessimistic Economic Expectations and the Use of Livelihood Practices pp. 499-521

Juliane Achatz, Anton Nivorozhkin, Markus Promberger and Brigitte Schels

Measurement Matters: Prevalence and Consequence of Parental Nonstandard Work Schedules pp. 523-538

Minseop Kim, Nanxun Li, Min Hu and Nahri Jung

Quality of Life and Populist Radical Right Attitudes: Evidence from Italy pp. 539-557

Mirko Crulli and Gabriele Pinto

Incidence and Distribution of Earnings Shocks: Southern Europe in Comparative Perspective pp. 559-579

Andrea Parma, Manos Matsaganis, Maria Giulia Montanari and Costanzo Ranci

The Guardians: The Role of Social Capital in Crime Victimization in Indonesia pp. 581-600

Yuke Fatihaturrahmah, Irfani Fithria Ummul Muzayanah, Putu Angga Widyastaman, Kenny Devita Indraswari and Djoni Hartono

Correction: Three-Dimensional Corruption Metrics: A Proposal for Integrating Frequency, Cost, and Significance pp. 601-601

Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez

Correction: Equal Opportunity and Luck: Empirical Exploration Using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging pp. 603-607

Yukiko Asada, Nathan K. Smith, Michel Grignon, Jeremiah Hurley and Susan Kirkland

Correction: What Led to the Decline of Child Labour in the European Periphery? A Cointegration Approach with Long Historical Data pp. 609-609

Pedro V. Goulart, Nuno Sobreira, Gianluca Ferrittu and Arjun S. Bedi

Correction: A Relative Measure of Economic Insecurity and the Nexus with Job Change pp. 611-611

Alessandro Gallo, Silvia Pacei and Maria Rosaria Ferrante