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

1974 - 2025

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Volume 180, issue 2, 2025

Inequalities in Talents’ Earnings: A Tale of Two European Countries pp. 569-588

Tindara Addabbo and Chiara Mussida

Two Sources of Alienation from Society: The Role of Economic Relative Deprivation, Anti-Mainstream Identities, and Perceived Ingroup Injustice pp. 589-617

Davide Melita, Malgorzata Kossowska, Piotr Dragon, Manuel Moyano, Monika Gołąb, Agata Andrysiak and Reyes Rodríguez

The Link Between Intergenerational Social Mobility of Cohorts And Individual Self-Rated Health: A Multi-Country Analysis pp. 619-641

Jacinth J. X. Tan, Gregory T. H. Tan and Faith A. Wee

Doctoral Students’ Life Satisfaction Throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic: Inequalities by Parenthood and Gender pp. 643-673

Mareike Rußmann, Nicolai Netz and Ulrike Schwabe

The Gender Inequalities in Work Time Fragmentation and Anxiety: Latest Time Use Evidence in the UK pp. 675-696

Zhuofei Lu, Yucheng He, Xiaomeng Shi, Shirui Xiao, Zhisheng Wang and Yan Wen

Authoritarian Backsliding? Public Support for Liberty Restricting Policies During COVID-19: A Cross-National Study pp. 697-728

Xiang Meng and Fen Lin

Echoes of Aggression. The Gendered Impact of School Bullying on the Well-Being of Victims and Witnesses pp. 729-757

Till Stefes

The Mental Health of the Young in Latin America pp. 759-786

David Blanchflower and Alex Bryson

Monetizing Well-being Reductions Associated with Unwanted Sexual Experiences of Women pp. 787-837

Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir, Hjördis Hardardottir, Arna Hauksdóttir, Brynja Jonbjarnardottir, Edda Bjork Thordardottir and Unnur Anna Valdimarsdottir

(Un)happy Together—The Interrelated Life Satisfaction of Older Couples pp. 839-864

Terhi Auvinen, Joonas Uotinen and Maria Vaalavuo

Are Investors Interested in Sustainability? A Latent Semantic Analysis of Data from Social Media pp. 865-885

Riccardo Ricciardi, Chiara Avanzi and Marica Manisera

Can Data Elements Facilitate Common Prosperity for Urban Low-Income Residents? An Empirical Analysis Based on the 2014–2020 CFPS Survey in China pp. 887-921

Qiu Huang, Yizhuo Guo and Silu Lin

Growing up Different(ly than Last Time We Asked): Social Status and Changing Reports of Childhood Income Rank pp. 923-942

Amber Obermaier and Orestes P. Hastings

Measuring Energy Poverty: A Climate-aware Multidimensional Approach pp. 943-969

Manitra Rakotomena and Olivia Ricci

Exploring a General Construct underlying Quality of Life and Well-Being with Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling pp. 971-995

Ruth Irene Bielfeld and David J. F. Maree

‘I Feel Happy Every Day, but I Also Feel Empty’: A Qualitative Investigation of Chinese Vocational College Students’ well-being pp. 997-1018

Wei Zhang, Kieran Balloo, Anesa Hosein and Emma Medland

Basic Income and Human Needs Satisfaction: Evidence from the HudsonUP Experiment pp. 1019-1039

Nicholas Langridge, Leah Hamilton and Alex Dobill

Does Financial Inclusion Enhance Energy Efficiency?? Moderating Roles of Education and Foreign Direct Investment pp. 1041-1065

Guixian Tian, Muhammad Wasif Zafar, Avik Sinha and Mehmet Akif Destek

Female Headship and Poverty in the Arab Region: Analysis of Trends and Dynamics Based on a New Taxonomy pp. 1067-1202

Shireen AlAzzawi, Hai-Anh Dang, Vladimir Hlasny, Kseniya Abanokova and Jere Behrman

The Measurement of Economic Resilience: A Proposal pp. 1203-1227

Silvia Pacei, Silvia De Nicolò and Maria Rosaria Ferrante

Does Family Size Reduction Improve Intergenerational Educational Mobility? A Fuzzy RDD Analysis of China’s One-Child Policy pp. 1229-1253

Yuexin Wei and Zeyun Liu

Correction: Diverging Paths? The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Subjective Well-Being of the Solo Self-Employed and Employees in Germany (2019–2023) pp. 1255-1256

Eileen Peters, Merle Pohlmeyer and Karin Schulze Buschoff

Correction: Direct and Indirect Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Neighborhood Disadvantage on Mental Health: Psychological Sense of Community as Mediator pp. 1257-1258

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

Correction: The Mental Health Toll of COVID-19: Discrimination, Loneliness, and Coping Behaviors among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders pp. 1259-1264

Soyoung Kwon and Shannon Shen

Volume 180, issue 1, 2025

How did COVID-19 Containment Policies Influence Depressive Symptoms? Longitudinal Evidence from China pp. 1-21

Anqi Ye, Wen Liu and Yue Qian

Trends in Income and Well-Being Inequality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan pp. 23-47

Kayoko Ishii and Isamu Yamamoto

COVID-19 Pandemic, Volunteering, and Well-Being: Volunteering’s Role in Mitigating Depressive Symptoms, Loneliness, and Perceived Social Exclusion during the Pandemic pp. 49-68

Nadiya Kelle, Mareike Bünning and Julia Simonson

Changes in Subjective Well-Being and its Mechanisms during Times of Crises in Finland pp. 69-89

Aki Koivula, Markus Laaninen and Mikko Niemelä

Revisiting the Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Young Adults in the UK: Long-Term Trends, Temporary Setbacks, and Recovery pp. 91-112

Golo Henseke and Ingrid Schoon

The Mental Health of 65+ Europeans and COVID-19: Resilient During and After the Pandemic? pp. 113-137

Lore Herreweghe

Persistent Trends or Pandemic Effects? A Multi-Cohort Longitudinal Study on Student Well-being, Inequality, and Educational Transitions pp. 139-158

Juuso Repo, Emil Smith, David Reimer and Elina Kilpi-Jakonen

Social Trust During the Pandemic: Evidence from COVID-19 Crisis in South Korea pp. 159-181

Seong Hee Kim

Diverging Paths? The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Subjective Well-Being of the Solo Self-Employed and Employees in Germany (2019–2023) pp. 183-204

Eileen Peters, Merle Pohlmeyer and Karin Schulze Buschoff

Bonds of Resilience – A Longitudinal Perspective on Distress, Resilience and Attachment Orientations During the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 205-220

Hadas Egozi-Farkash, Mooli Lahad and Limor Aharonson-Daniel

Socio-Economic Status, Comparisons of Subjective Affectedness and Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany pp. 221-242

Henning Lohmann, Hequn Wang and Nico Eggers

Inequality in Employment Trajectories and their Consequences for Perceived Employment Insecurity and Work Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 243-267

Katja Möhring, Andreas P. Weiland, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Michaela Dreier and Patricia Steins

Pandemic Fallout: Sustained Declines in Young People’s Subjective Well-Being and Protective Factors in Switzerland pp. 269-304

Egidio Riva, Matteo Alessandro Ruberto, Mario Lucchini and Dean Lillard

The Effect of Social Ties on Digitalization in Older Adults: Integrating Propensity Score Matching and Finite Mixture Models on Two Combined Data Sets pp. 305-330

Dalila Failli and Bruno Arpino

Teachers’ Beliefs on the use of Digital Technologies at School: Text Mining of Open-Ended Questions pp. 331-352

Annalina Sarra, Maila Pentucci and Eugenia Nissi

Statistics for the Environment: Tourism and Sustainability in Italy pp. 353-367

Paola Perchinunno, Antonella Massari, Samuela L’Abbate and Laura Antonucci

Explaining Tourism Expenditure Patterns in Italy: A Comparative Study of Domestic and Incoming Tourists Using XGBoost and SHAP pp. 369-382

Fabrizio Antolini, Samuele Cesarini and Ivan Terraglia

Dreaming of a Brighter Future? The Impact of Economic Circumstances on University Aspirations pp. 383-410

Barry Watson, Nancy Kong, Shelley Phipps and Angela Daley

Measuring Multidimensional Well-Being at the Individual Level with Capability Approach and Big Data: An Application to Changshu, China pp. 411-439

Linshen Jiao, Feng Zhen, Xiao Qin, Shanqi Zhang, Peipei Chen and Min Zhang

Legal Status Regularization, Satisfaction with Life and Gender: A Longitudinal Study of Undocumented Workers in Switzerland pp. 441-460

Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Jan-Erik Refle, Julien Fakhoury, Liala Consoli and Yves Jackson

A Composite Index of Child Nutrition with Application to India pp. 461-492

Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia

Is Subjective Wellbeing Too Subjective? The (large) Impact of Randomized Placement of Happiness and Worry Questions in a National Survey of Crisis-Affected Myanmar pp. 493-522

Salauddin Tauseef, Derek D. Headey and Isabel B. Lambrecht

Electricity Adoption and Lived Poverty: Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 523-547

Abreham Adera

Overeducation and Mental Health in Spain pp. 549-568

Víctor M. Montuenga and Inmaculada García-Mainar

Volume 179, issue 3, 2025

Estimating Poverty Transitions from Repeated Cross-Sections: A Statistical Perspective pp. 1143-1164

Riccardo D’Alberto, Silvia De Nicolò and Aldo Gardini

Inequality and Status Anxiety: Bad Allies of Health and Well-Being, but not for Everyone. The Role of Ideologies, Socioeconomic Status, and Economic Threat pp. 1165-1196

Davide Melita, Efraín García Sánchez, Guillermo B. Willis, Katerina Petkanopoulou, Juan Diego García Castro and Rosa Rodríguez Bailón

Energy Poverty Response to COVID-19 and Energy Crisis in European NUTS 1 Regions pp. 1197-1219

Sławomir Śmiech and Lilia Karpińska

Long-term Care Needs and Fuel Poverty among Older People: Beyond Energy Consumption and Affordability pp. 1221-1240

Javiera Cartagena-Farias, Nicola Brimblecombe, Bo Hu and Sam Rickman

Employment Status And Health Among Rural-to-Urban Migrants In China: Evidence From the China Migrants Dynamic Survey pp. 1241-1261

Jun Li, Mengya Tang and Muhammad Imran

The Geography of Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Italy: Trends and Socioeconomic Correlates pp. 1263-1293

Debora Di Gioacchino, Laura Sabani and Stefano Usai

Unveiling New Perspectives on the Role of Remittances on the Environmental Quality in MENA Region: New Evidence Using MMQR Approach pp. 1295-1327

Hicham Ayad, Amina Bendahmane and Mohamed Driouche Dahmani

Employment Trajectories in Early Adulthood and Later Fertility pp. 1329-1353

Silvia Meggiolaro, Fausta Ongaro and Marco Tosi

“Happy Farmers” in Volta Delta, Ghana? Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Conditions and Happiness pp. 1355-1391

Laurence Cannings, Craig W. Hutton, Alessandro Sorichetta and Kristine Nilsen

The Effects of Remittances on Gender Inequality: Nonlinear Evidence from Highly Remittance-Dependent Countries pp. 1393-1416

Selçuk Akçay

Development and Validation of the Brief Financial Resilience Scale pp. 1417-1430

Manjusha C. Rayampatt and Santhosh Kareepadath Rajan

How Do Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Affect National Well-Being? The Contrasting Influence of Mobile Phones and Household Computers pp. 1431-1461

Manimay Dev, Mukul Kumar and Debashis Saha

When your name matters: Two field experiments on ethnic discrimination in Spain’s main online consumer-to-consumer market pp. 1463-1486

Jorge Rodríguez-Menés, Maria José González and Clara Cortina

Mapping Regional Variability Using a Perceived Urbanization Gradient: Beyond the Urban-Rural Binary with the Visual Self-Placement Scale pp. 1487-1513

Dionyssios Askitis

Covid, Teleworking and Inequality pp. 1515-1534

Bruna Bruno, Marisa Faggini and Anna Parziale

Identifying Sufficient Conditions for Life Satisfaction: Methodology and Empirical Findings pp. 1535-1562

Leonardo Becchetti and Demetrio M. Bova

Measuring Over-Indebtedness and Asset Leveraging Using the FGT Poverty Framework: Evidence for Belgium pp. 1563-1585

Sarah Kuypers and Gerlinde Verbist

Fuzzy Inference System for Measuring Composite Indicators' Overall Quality pp. 1587-1613

Matheus Pereira Libório, Petr Iakovlevitch Ekel, Elisa Fusco, Francesco Vidoli, Witold Pedrycz and Cristiano Silva Moura

Retirement Adjustment in the Pandemic – Did Risk- and Protective Factors Change?? pp. 1615-1635

Georg Henning, Dikla Segel-Karpas, Martin Hyde and Oliver Huxhold

The Impact of Gender-Specific Migration and Remittances on Household Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR pp. 1637-1664

Yang Xiong and Niraj Joshi

Unveiling the Complexity of Italian NEET Status through Latent Class Analysis: Examining NEET Profiles and their Engagement with Public Employment Services (PES) pp. 1665-1686

Adriano Mauro Ellena, Antonella Rocca, Paolo Mazzocchi, Michela Zambelli, Daniela Marzana, Federica Pizzolante, Francisco Simões, Giovanni Luca and Elena Marta

Correction: Assessing the Role of Microfinance in Mitigating Income Inequality: New Evidence from a Global Context pp. 1687-1687

Ane C. H. Jensen and Amjad Naveed

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 Mehta and Ravi Srivastava

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

Michał Brzeziński

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

Nicola 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 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