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

1974 - 2025

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Volume 88, issue 3, 2008

Mental Health of Parents and Life Satisfaction of Children: A Within-Family Analysis of Intergenerational Transmission of Well-Being pp. 397-422

Nattavudh Powdthavee and Anna Vignoles

The Role of Perceived Discrepancy in Satisfaction Evaluation pp. 423-436

Chia-Huei Wu

Comparing the Distribution of Education Across the Developing World, 1960–2005: What Does the Grade Enrollment Distribution Tell about Latin America? pp. 437-455

Ewout Frankema

The Perceived Role of ICTs in Quality of Life in Three Chinese Cities pp. 457-476

Paul Lee, Louis Leung, Venhwei Lo and Chengyu Xiong

On a ‘Level-Sensitive’ Headcount Ratio: Revisiting Shorrocks’ Poverty Index pp. 477-482

Sreenivasan Subramanian

A Discrepancy Index for the Study of Participation with an Application to the Case of Higher Education in Italy pp. 483-496

Valentino Larcinese

Absolute Income, Relative Income, and Happiness pp. 497-529

Richard Ball and Kateryna Chernova

Life Satisfaction and Happiness in Turkey pp. 531-562

Sibel Selim

Assessment of Organizational Trust: Italian Adaptation and Factorial Validity of the Organizational Trust Inventory pp. 563-575

Giulio Vidotto, Marco Vicentini, Piergiorgio Argentero and Philip Bromiley

Volume 88, issue 2, 2008

Measuring Structural Gender Equality in Mexico: A State Level Analysis pp. 215-246

Sonia Frias

Daily Spiritual Experiences and Psychological Well-being Among US Adults pp. 247-271

Christopher Ellison and Daisy Fan

Why Faster, Higher, Stronger isn’t Necessarily Better—The Relations of Paralympian and Women’s Soccer Teams’ Performance to National Well-being pp. 273-280

Michelle Downie and Richard Koestner

A Method of Assembling Cross-sectional Indicators into a Community Quality of Life pp. 281-296

Donald Epley and Mohan Menon

Urban Quality of Life: A Case Study of Guwahati pp. 297-310

Daisy Das

Accumulation of Welfare Problems in a Longitudinal Perspective pp. 311-327

Björn Halleröd and Miia Bask

Marital Status and Social Well-Being: Are the Married Always Better Off? pp. 329-346

Adam Shapiro and Corey Keyes

Translation and Validation of the Malay Subjective Happiness Scale pp. 347-353

Viren Swami

Women–Family in Quality Perspective pp. 355-364

P. Rika Fatimah, J. Abdul Aziz and K. Ibrahim

An Empirical Approach to the Study of Well-being Among Rural Men and Women in Ghana pp. 365-387

Frank Arku, Glen Filson and James Shute

Long-term Stability of Social Participation pp. 389-396

Markku Hyyppä, Juhani Mäki, Erkki Alanen, Olli Impivaara and Arpo Aromaa

Volume 88, issue 1, 2008

Introduction to the Special Issue on Pathways from Casual Work to Economic Security: Canadian and International Perspectives pp. 1-13

Paul Bowles and Fiona MacPhail

Economic Insecurity and Global Casualisation: Threat or Promise? pp. 15-30

Guy Standing

Temporary Employment and Social Inequality in Canada: Exploring Intersections of Gender, Race and Immigration Status pp. 31-50

Sylvia Fuller and Leah Vosko

Transitions from Temporary to Permanent Work in Canada: Who Makes the Transition and Why? pp. 51-74

Tony Fang and Fiona MacPhail

The Extent of Economic Vulnerability in the Canadian Labour Market and Federal Jurisdiction: Is There a Role for Labour Standards? pp. 75-96

Richard Chaykowski and George Slotsve

From Casual Work to Economic Security: The Case of British Columbia pp. 97-114

Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles

From Casual Work to Economic Security; The Paradoxical Case of Self-Employment pp. 115-130

Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay

Temporary Work in Transnational Labor Regulation: SER-Centrism and the Risk of Exacerbating Gendered Precariousness pp. 131-145

Leah Vosko

Temporary Work and Insecurity in Britain: A Problem Solved? pp. 147-160

Francis Green

Pathways from Casual Employment to Economic Security: the Australian Experience pp. 161-178

John Burgess, Iain Campbell and Robyn May

Pathways to Economic Security: Gender and Nonstandard Employment in Contemporary Japan pp. 179-196

Heidi Gottfried

Legal Protections and Advocacy for Contingent or “Casual” Workers in the United States: A Case Study in Day Labor pp. 197-213

Rebecca Smith

Volume 87, issue 3, 2008

Education, Happiness and Wellbeing pp. 347-366

Alex Michalos

Understanding and Using Mediators and Moderators pp. 367-392

Amery Wu and Bruno Zumbo

Is the Study of Happiness a Worthy Scientific Pursuit? pp. 393-407

Jacolyn Norrish and Dianne Vella-Brodrick

India’s Social Development in a Decade of Reforms: 1990–91/1999–2000 pp. 409-425

Amal Ray

Children Living Without Their Fathers: Population Estimates and Indicators of Educational Well-being pp. 427-443

Matthew DeBell

Assessing Subjective Well-being in Chinese Older Adults: The Chinese Aging Well Profile pp. 445-460

Po-Wen Ku, Kenneth Fox and Jim McKenna

Human Well Being: A Decile Group Analysis on Indian Household Data pp. 461-472

Saswati Das

Ryff’s Six-factor Model of Psychological Well-being, A Spanish Exploration pp. 473-479

Dirk Dierendonck, Dario Díaz, Raquel Rodríguez-Carvajal, Amalio Blanco and Bernardo Moreno-Jiménez

Pet Dogs Benefit Owners’ Health: A ‘Natural Experiment’ in China pp. 481-493

Bruce Headey, Fu Na and Richard Zheng

Policy Preceding Possibility? Examining Headline Composite Sustainability Indicators in the United Kingdom pp. 495-502

Lee Stapleton and Guy Garrod

Volume 87, issue 2, 2008

Does Society Matter? Life Satisfaction in the Enlarged Europe pp. 189-210

Petra Böhnke

Sustainable Housing in the Urban Context: International Sustainable Development Indicator Sets and Housing pp. 211-221

Nessa Winston and Montserrat Pareja Eastaway

Cross-National Variation in Individual Life Satisfaction: Effects of National Wealth, Human Development, and Environmental Conditions pp. 223-236

Astra Bonini

Predictors of Generative Action Among Adults in Two Transitional Countries pp. 237-248

Zvjezdan Penezić, Katica Lacković-Grgin, Ivana Tucak, Marina Nekić, Sonja Žorga, Olga Poljšak Škraban and Urban Vehovar

Statistical Properties of Generalized Gini Coefficient with Application to Health Inequality Measurement pp. 249-258

Dejian Lai, Jin Huang, Jan Risser and Asha Kapadia

The Use of Different Happiness Rating Scales: Bias and Comparison Problem? pp. 259-267

Hock-Eam Lim

A Model of Quality of College Life (QCL) of Students in Korea pp. 269-285

Grace (Byung-Hee) Yu and Dong-Jin Lee

Examining Taiwan’s Paradox of Family Decline with a Household-based Convoy pp. 287-305

Chaonan Chen and Hui-Lin Lin

Tackling Poverty-migration Linkages: Evidence from Ghana and Egypt pp. 307-328

Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Ricardo Sabates and Adriana Castaldo

The Response of Abortion Demand to Changes in Abortion Costs pp. 329-346

Marshall Medoff

Volume 87, issue 1, 2008

An Assessment of the Quality of Life in the European Union Based on the Social Indicators Approach pp. 1-25

Marco Grasso and Luciano Canova

Inducing Score Reliability from Previous Reports: An Examination of Life Satisfaction Studies pp. 27-45

Matt Vassar, Jason Ridge and Aaron Hill

Explaining Changing Suicide Rates in Norway 1948–2004: The Role of Social Integration pp. 47-64

Anders Barstad

Money Does not Buy Happiness: Or Does It? A Reassessment Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption pp. 65-82

Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels and Mark Wooden

Subjective Well-being Among Young People in Transition to Adulthood pp. 83-109

Eileen Trzcinski and Elke Holst

Indigenous Peoples and Indicators of Well-being: Australian Perspectives on United Nations Global Frameworks pp. 111-126

John Taylor

The Relative Importance of Health pp. 127-137

Chang-Ming Hsieh

Congruency of the Cognitive and Affective Components of the Attitude as a Moderator on Intention of Condom Use Predictors pp. 139-155

Manuel Sánchez-García and Joan Batista-Foguet

Profile of the Present Slovak Society and its Regional Differences pp. 157-167

Peter Podolák and Anton Michálek

Ways by which Comparable Income Affects Life Satisfaction in Hong Kong pp. 169-187

Chau-kiu Cheung and Kwan-kwok Leung