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

1974 - 2025

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Volume 176, issue 3, 2025

Quantifying and Contextualizing Violent Collective Action Event Datasets pp. 883-902

William O’Brochta and Sunita Parikh

Measuring Access to Health Services: Constructing a Multidimensional Index pp. 903-929

Aníbal M. Blanco, Gisela P. González, Milva Geri and M. Susana Moreno

Amalgamating Urban Scaling and Economic Complexity for New Metrics of Urban Fitness pp. 931-945

Anand Sahasranaman and Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen

Measuring Income and Wealth Inequality: A Note on the Gini Coefficient for Samples with Negative Values pp. 947-965

Dongyub Lee and Sangwon Suh

Socioeconomic Marginalization in La Guajira, Colombia: A Multidimensional Analysis of Municipalities pp. 967-992

Salim A. Salon and Endy Salon

Precarious Work During the Transition to Adulthood: A Latent Profile Analysis of Taiwan’s Young People pp. 993-1020

Ming-Chang Tsai and Ting-Syuan Lin

Social Class and Well-being Trajectories during COVID-19: A 4-year Longitudinal Study Revealed a Steeper Decline among Higher-class Individuals in South Korea pp. 1021-1042

Yuri Kwon, Sooyoun Kristina Zong, Namhee Kim, Yuhyun Choi and Incheol Choi

A Composite Urban Blight Identification and Evaluation Index (CUBIE): A Systems-Driven Approach Based on Empirical Evidence from Kolkata, India pp. 1043-1070

Barnali Chakraborty and Priyanka Dey

Identification of Urban Functional Areas Based on Point of Interest data and Thiessen Polygons for a Sustainable Urban Management pp. 1071-1092

Mehmet Fatih Döker, Ahmet Gül, Cem Kırlangıçoğlu, Fatih Ocak and Masoud Minaei

Measuring Multidimensional Women’s Empowerment With Data From Partnered Women Across 45 Low- And Middle-Income Countries pp. 1093-1119

Micaela Salcedo, Patricia Ruiz-Bravo, Nicolas Barrantes and Jhonatan Clausen

Internet use and the Well-Being of the Elders. A Quantitative Study in an Aged Country pp. 1121-1135

Ana Suárez-Álvarez and María Rosalía Vicente

Unravelling Myths: A Difference-In-Differences Analysis of Post-Vaccination Mortality in Italy During COVID-19 pp. 1137-1177

Graziella Bonanno and Marino De Luca

Tailored to Women, Provided to Men? Gendered Occupational Inequality in Access to Flexible Working-Time Arrangements pp. 1179-1205

Aljoscha Jacobi, Maik Hamjediers and Tabea Naujoks

Income Inequality and Artificial Intelligence: Globalization and age dependency for developed countries pp. 1207-1233

Muhammad Waqas Khan, Mehmet Destek and Zeeshan Khan

Volume 176, issue 2, 2025

Measuring and Monitoring Provincial Sustainable Development Goals in China pp. 415-472

Hongshuai Wang and Yongheng Yang

The Shadow of the Financial Crisis: Socio-Economic and Welfare Policy Development and Fear of Crime in Europe. A Random Effects Within-Between Model Analysis of the European Social Survey, 2002–2018 pp. 473-498

Lisa Marie Natter

Developing a Fuzzy MCDA-Based Multidimensional Index to Measure Energy Poverty in Developing Countries pp. 499-531

Hwai-Shuh Shieh and Syed Ahsan Ali Shah

Measuring Multidimensional Financial Resilience: An Ex-ante Approach pp. 533-567

Pawan Ashok Kamble, Atul Mehta and Neelam Rani

Homeownership, Income and Social Trust: Exploring Dynamics Between Homeownership, Income, and Individuals’ Perceptions of Autonomy and Social Trust in South Korea pp. 569-591

Seungwoo Han

Energy Poverty and Social Welfare: Its Measurement Analysis and Moderating Mechanism Evaluation pp. 593-627

Biying Dong and Yingzhi Xu

Evaluating the Efficiency of Social Conflict Management Based on the Institutional Capacity of the Government: A Cross-National Approach pp. 629-648

Hyun Gee Rhee, Sang Hyeok Han and Min Jae Park

Estimating the Cost of Crime Victimization: A Compensating Income Variation Approach Using Different Utility Proxies pp. 649-667

Hoai Nam Dang Vu and Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir

Improving the Estimate of Trafficking in Human Beings and Modern Slavery by Integrating Data From ILO/Walk Free/IOM and UNODC pp. 669-693

Sylvia Walby and Brian Francis

The Nexus Between Consumption Inequality and Multidimensional Poverty in Ghana pp. 695-732

Raymond Elikplim Kofinti, Damiano Kulundu Manda, Martine Odhiambo Oleche and Germano Mwabu

Employment Quality: A Social Determinant of Health and Well-Being in a Changing Labor Market in Korea pp. 733-770

Julie Vanderleyden, Hyojin Seo, Christophe Vanroelen and Deborah Moortel

Public Health Insurance Expansion and Financial Well-Being Indicators Directly Evaluated by the Eligible: Evidence from the United States pp. 771-797

Vivekananda Das

Financial Fragility Across Europe: Is it the Household or the Country that Matters? pp. 799-850

Marianna Brunetti, Elena Giarda and Costanza Torricelli

Temporal Deficit Ratio of Households: A Historical Perspective on Studying Absolute Time Poverty in Underdeveloped and Developing Countries pp. 851-861

Mauricio Casanova-Brito

Public Trust in Covid-19 Tracking Technology: A Survey of Attitudes About Hong Kong’s LeaveHomeSafe Mobile App pp. 863-881

Kris Hartley and Austin M. Aldag

Volume 176, issue 1, 2025

The Happy Life and Works of Ruut Veenhoven (1942–2024) pp. 1-3

Ad Bergsma

Unveiling the Neighborhood Effect on Intergenerational Mobility: Which Scale is More Relevant? pp. 5-28

Lijie Song

Developing a Multidimensional Measure for Understanding Refugee Integration in Protracted Displacement Contexts: Evidence from Turkey pp. 29-50

Sedef Turper and Saime Özçürümez

Using Survey Data to Estimate Intergenerational Mobility in Income and Education in Portugal pp. 51-106

Luís Clemente-Casinhas, Luís Filipe Martins and Alexandra Lopes

The Impact of Housing Prices on an Individual’s Perception of Social Safety: Evidence from Urban China pp. 107-132

Shuchao Miao and Youshuai Feng

Prosocial Giving to Various Targets: A Longitudinal Examination in Poland in the First Post-COVID-19 Year pp. 133-148

Iwona Nowakowska and Joanna Rajchert

Digital Divide in the European Union: A Typology of EU Citizens pp. 149-172

Ana Gomes and José G. Dias

Postmaterialism, Generational Replacement and Value Change: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of the US, Japan, Türkiye and China pp. 173-194

Ming-Chang Tsai and Ssu-Chin Peng

Being Your Own Boss: Network Determinants of Young People’s Orientations Towards Self-Employment pp. 195-217

Mattia Vacchiano, Vera Bel and Eric Widmer

Cultural Attachment and Job Satisfaction Among Canada’s Indigenous Population pp. 219-244

Darlene Clark, Laura Lamb and Panagiotis Tsigaris

Translation and Validation of the Malayalam Version of the Subjective Happiness Scale pp. 245-255

Kelly Cotton, Sanish Sathyan, Soumya Jacob, K. S. Shaji, Emmeline Ayers, Dristi Adhikari, Alben Sigamani, Pradeep Kumar Vg and Joe Verghese

A New Paradigm for Assessing the Relationship Between Indigenous Wellbeing and Health: A Meta-analytical Study of Critical Factors in a Global Context pp. 257-286

Sumita Biswas, Rashmi Singh and Niladri Das

Over-Education, Job Satisfaction, and Intention to Quit: Evidence from China pp. 287-307

Zhidi Pan, Yan Wang and Zhijun Liu

Impacts of Extended Unemployment on Life Satisfaction of Young Adults Through Social Exclusion and Loneliness: Moderating Roles of Parental Socioeconomic Status pp. 309-335

KonShik Kim

Constructing General Human Agency Indicators (GHAIs) and a General Personal Agency Scale (GPAS) pp. 337-411

Michael Joseph D’Italia and Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn

Correction: Towards the Next Fifty Years of Social Indicators Research: Some Guidance for Authors pp. 413-414

David Bartram, Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo, Eileen Avery, Anthony Bardo, Enrico Di Bella, Martin Binder, Ferdi Botha, Sandra Fachelli, Andrea Gatto, Jintao Lu, Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Angeles Sanchez and Massimiliano Tani

Volume 175, issue 3, 2024

LCT-Based Framework for the Assessment of Sustainability: From the Perspective of Literature Review pp. 1-20

Kamran Khan and Thomas Henschel

Deployment of Renewable Energy Sources: Empirical Evidence in Identifying Clusters with Dynamic Time Warping pp. 741-762

Elizabeth Ann Maharaj, Livia De Giovanni, Pierpaolo D’Urso and Mita Bhattacharya

Ecological Transition and Sustainable Development, A Multivariate Statistical Analysis to Guide the Policies of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan pp. 763-777

Paola Perchinunno, Antonella Massari, Samuela L’Abbate and Lucia Mongelli

Urban Residence Intention of Ethnic Minority Floating Population pp. 779-806

Huilian Han and Huizhi Han

Modeling Gender Life Expectancy Ratio in a Multi-population Framework pp. 807-835

Leonardo Cefalo, Susanna Levantesi and Andrea Nigri

The Way Toward Growth: A Time-series Factor Decomposition of Socioeconomic Impulses and Urbanization Trends in a Pre-crisis European Region pp. 837-858

Massimiliano Giacalone, Rosario Turco, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo and Luca Salvati

The Value of Organic plus. Analysing Consumers’ Preference for Additional Ethical Attributes of Organic food Products pp. 859-878

Giuseppina Rizzo, Riccardo Testa, Giorgio Schifani and Giuseppina Migliore

A Model for Evaluating Inequalities in Sustainability pp. 879-898

Ida Camminatiello, Rosaria Lombardo, Mario Musella and Gianmarco Borrata

Household and Individual Digitisation and Deprivation: A Comparative Analysis Between Italian and Spanish Regions pp. 899-925

Reyes González-Relaño, Angel Luis Lucendo-Monedero and Enrico Ivaldi

The Impact of Education and Culture on Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Panel Data of European Countries pp. 927-940

A. Spada, M. Fiore and A. Galati

A Multiversal Model of Vibration of Effects of the Equitable and Sustainable Well-Being (BES) on Fertility pp. 941-964

Giulio Giacomo Cantone and Venera Tomaselli

SMEs Circular Economy Practices in the European Union: Multilevel Implications for Sustainability pp. 965-988

Nunzio Tritto, José G. Dias and Francesca Bassi

Two in One: A New Tool to Combine Two Rankings Based on the Voronoi Diagram pp. 989-1005

Francesca Mariani, Mariateresa Ciommi and Maria Cristina Recchioni

An Investigation of Models for Under-Reporting in the Analysis of Violence Against Women in Italy pp. 1007-1026

Silvia Polettini, Serena Arima and Sara Martino

Spatial Analysis to Investigate the Relationship Between Tourism and Wellbeing in Italy pp. 1027-1043

Najada Firza, Laura Antonucci, Corrado Crocetta, Francesco Domenico d’Ovidio and Alfonso Monaco

Validating Corruption Risk Measures: A Key Step to Monitoring SDG Progress pp. 1045-1071

Michela Gnaldi and Simone Del Sarto

Data Quality and Violence Against Women: The Causes and Actors of Femicide pp. 1073-1097

Alessia Forciniti and Emma Zavarrone

Understanding the Resilience of Garment Workers’ Families Through a Mixed-Method Approach: Surviving the Economic Hardship During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia pp. 1099-1130

Andhika Ajie Baskoro, Puguh Prasetyoputra, Luh Kitty Katherina, Ari Purwanto Sarwo Prasojo and Ardanareswari Ayu Pitaloka

Social Vulnerability as Support for Disaster Management: Discussions from a Method Applied in Brazil that Strengthens the Resilience of Communities pp. 1131-1154

Danielle Paula Martins, Karla Petry, Teresinha Guerra, Daniela Mueller De Quevedo and João Alcione Sganderla Figueiredo

Is Generation Z more Inclined than Generation Y to Purchase Sustainable Clothing? pp. 1155-1171

Lucio Masserini, Matilde Bini and Marica Difonzo

Occupational Stress, Working from Home, and Job Sustainability: Another Gender Issue? pp. 1193-1218

Stefania Capecchi, Francesca Iorio and Nunzia Nappo

Rare Disease and Quality of Life: Questionnaire and Indicators on Epidermolysis Bullosa in Italy pp. 1219-1233

Paolo Mariani, Andrea Marletta and Mariangela Zenga

Volume 175, issue 2, 2024

Building a Social Progress-Adjusted Indicator of GDP Per Capita for the European Union’s Regions pp. 317-345

Andres Picazo-Tadeo, Lisa Gianmoena, Jesús Peiró-Palomino and Vicente Rios

Spatial Comprehensive Well-Being Composite Indicators Based on Bayesian Latent Factor Model: Evidence from Italian Provinces pp. 347-383

Carlotta Montorsi and Chiara Gigliarano

Gender Differences in Multidimensional Poverty in Brazil: A Fuzzy Approach pp. 385-422

Fernando Flores Tavares and Gianni Betti

Multidimensional Child Poverty Measurement in Sierra Leone and Lao PDR: Contrasting Individual- and Household-Based Approaches pp. 423-443

Alessandro Carraro and Yekaterina Chzhen

Evaluating and Improving the Metropolitan Economic Freedom Index pp. 445-466

Arvind Sharma, Aleksandar Tomic and Lawrence Fulton

Measuring Employment and Unemployment from a Fuzzy Perspective. A Comparative Analysis Across European Countries pp. 467-486

Bruno Cheli, Alessandra Coli and Andrea Regoli

Assessing Urban Water–Energy–Food Security: A Case of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration pp. 487-516

Yun Zhu, Changzheng Zhang and Dechun Huang

A Composite Inter-Temporal Economic Insecurity Index pp. 517-543

Alessandro Gallo, Silvia Pacei and Maria Ferrante

Estimation of Multidimensional Poverty in Morocco: A Small Area Estimation Approach Using Meteorological and Socio-economic Covariates pp. 545-575

Gianni Betti, Federico Crescenzi, Vasco Molini and Lorenzo Mori

Quantifying Household Discomfort Perception: An Application for Spain pp. 577-612

Oihana Aristondo, Olatz Grijalba, Eneritz Onaindia and Silvia Perez-Bezos

Subjective–Objective Method of Maximizing the Average Variance Extracted From Sub-indicators in Composite Indicators pp. 613-637

Matheus Pereira Libório, Alexandre Magno Alvez Diniz, Douglas Alexandre Gomes Vieira and Petr Iakovlevitch Ekel

Constructing Social Vulnerability Indexes with Increased Data and Machine Learning Highlight the Importance of Wealth Across Global Contexts pp. 639-657

Yuan Zhao, Ronak Paul, Sean Reid, Carolina Coimbra Vieira, Chris Wolfe, Yan Zhang and Rumi Chunara

How to Enhancing Urban Space Renewal Through Visual Landscape Perception? An Approach From Street View Image Recognition pp. 659-686

Wenhua Yuan, Xin Mu, Jinglei Jiao, Datong Li and Jianchun Li

Construction of a Farm-Level Food Security Index: Case Study of Turkish Dairy Farms pp. 687-714

Gökçe Koç and Ayşe Uzmay

Assessing Territorial Units’ Contribution to Convergence Beyond Aggregate Measures: The Role of Neighbourhood pp. 715-739

Elena Barcena-Martin, Francisca García-Pardo, Ana Muñoz-Fernández and Salvador Pérez-Moreno

Volume 175, issue 1, 2024

Quantifying Turbulence: Introducing a Multi-crises Impact Index for Lebanon pp. 1-24

Oussama Abi Younes, Leila Dagher, Ibrahim Jamali and Paul Makdissi

A Machine Learning Approach to Well-Being in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence: The Children’s Worlds Data Case pp. 25-47

Mònica González-Carrasco, Silvana Aciar, Ferran Casas, Xavier Oriol, Ramon Fabregat and Sara Malo

How to Assess Livelihoods? Critical Reflections on the Use of Common Indicators to Capture Socioeconomic Outcomes for Ecological Restoration workers in South Africa pp. 49-69

M. Pasgaard and N. Fold

Health Bonus of Migrating to Higher Tier Cities: Evidence From China pp. 71-88

Jun He and Yongxiang Xie

Household Economic Hardship and Child Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Parents’ Mental Distress in a Southern European City pp. 89-107

Xavier Bartoll-Roca, Gemma Serral Cano, Mònica Cortés Albaladejo and Katherine Pérez

What is Beyond Measurement for Social Cohesion? pp. 109-127

Tricia Qian Hui Tok, Orlando Woods and Lily Kong

What an Instrumentalist Perspective Adds to Cultural-Modernization Theory: Support for Democracy and Gender Equality in the Middle East pp. 129-150

Niels Spierings

Measuring the Realisation of Well-Being Needs of Adolescents: Validation of the Social Production Function Instrument for the Level of Well-Being–Short (SPF-ILs) pp. 151-170

Anna P. Nieboer, Chantie C. Luijten and Jane M. Cramm

Inequalities in Water Insecurity in Kenya: A Multidimensional Approach pp. 171-193

Cecilia Njoroge, Anja Smith and Marisa von Fintel

The Experience of Housing Discrimination and Housing Deprivation Across Social Groups in Ireland pp. 195-215

Raffaele Grotti, Helen Russell, Bertrand Maître and Davide Gritti

Recalculation of the Human Development Index via Multiplicative Data Envelopment Analysis pp. 217-245

Ayça Özekin

Are We Getting Closer to Consensus? An Analysis of Changes in Socially Perceived Necessities Over Time in Japan pp. 247-268

Aya Abe

The Impact of Internet Development on Youth’s Job Quality in the Digital Economy Era: Transmission Mechanism and Empirical Test pp. 269-294

Bin Xiong and Baocheng Yu

Unexpected Ally: Can Social Exclusion Boost Quality of Life Through Green Choices? pp. 295-315

Ali Nawaz Khan