Migrants ’ Skills Wastage in the Labor Market: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Policy Formation
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Source: Social Indicators Research - August 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Trajectories of Latent Vulnerability and Distress: Identifying Social and Spatial Fringes of the Swedish Population
AbstractIt can be argued that a society is never better than how Individuals on its social and spatial fringes are faring. This motivates the purpose of this paper, which is to study how vulnerable groups can be identified, defined and explored in a spatial perspective using latent class analysis (LCA) on the whole Swedish population. We use space to refine meanings of vulnerability in individuals and groups, by contextualizing their vulnerability. This knowledge is fundamental for creating equal living conditions and for promoting the social cohesion needed for socially sustainable societies. Thus, equality and spatial in...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Developing SEP65: A Census-Derived Index of Socio-Economic Position Specifically for the Older Population in Aotearoa New Zealand
ConclusionUsing an age-specific measure of SEP for the older population will aid policymakers in the appropriate allocation of resources according to need more effectively than working-age indicators. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Development of Spiritual Poverty Measurements of an Urban Population Based on the Concept of Purifying the Self (Tazkiyah Al-Nafs)
This study calls for further exploration of this important area relating to self development, which has been ov erlooked in poverty measurements. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Gender Differences in Commuting: New Evidence from Spain
This article examines the origins of the shorter commutes typically observed for women, a phenomenon that contributes to the poorer work outcomes they typically suffer. The analysis extends previous research on the gender gap in commuting by using econometric decomposition techniques that are novel in this field which, combined with a Spanish nationally representative survey that allows for an exhaustive control of the different elements identified in the literature as possible determinants of gender differences in commuting to work, allows quantifying the specific influence of a wide range of individual, family, territori...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Developing SEP65: A Census-Derived Index of Socio-Economic Position Specifically for the Older Population in Aotearoa New Zealand
ConclusionUsing an age-specific measure of SEP for the older population will aid policymakers in the appropriate allocation of resources according to need more effectively than working-age indicators. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Development of Spiritual Poverty Measurements of an Urban Population Based on the Concept of Purifying the Self (Tazkiyah Al-Nafs)
This study calls for further exploration of this important area relating to self development, which has been ov erlooked in poverty measurements. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Gender Differences in Commuting: New Evidence from Spain
This article examines the origins of the shorter commutes typically observed for women, a phenomenon that contributes to the poorer work outcomes they typically suffer. The analysis extends previous research on the gender gap in commuting by using econometric decomposition techniques that are novel in this field which, combined with a Spanish nationally representative survey that allows for an exhaustive control of the different elements identified in the literature as possible determinants of gender differences in commuting to work, allows quantifying the specific influence of a wide range of individual, family, territori...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Multidimensional Hardships in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic
AbstractIn this paper, for the first time, we provide monthly estimates of multidimensional hardships experienced by Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. We compile data from the Census ’s Household Pulse Survey on job insecurity, food insufficiency, housing insecurity, and mental health. Our analysis covers two years of the pandemic, beginning in April 2020 and ending in March 2022. We find that during these two years, 16.3% of adults, on average, experienced two or more hardshi ps simultaneously. At the peaks of the hardship crises in July and December 2020, approximately 20% or one in five adults experienced two or...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Rhetoric of Solidarity: Nature and Measurement of Social Cohesion in the Self-representation of Civil Society Organizations
In this study, we investigate to what extent and how civil society organizations (CSOs), part of the backbone of social integration in modern democracies, make references to social cohesion in their public self-portrayals. We develop a standardized measure for content analyzing the manifestation of social cohesion along three theoretical dimensions: social relations, connectedness, and orientation towards the common good. We apply our innovative content measure to the external communication of an original sample of nearly 800 CSOs in Germany, using their websites. Subsequently, we use data from an accompanying organization...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Multidimensional Hardships in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic
AbstractIn this paper, for the first time, we provide monthly estimates of multidimensional hardships experienced by Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. We compile data from the Census ’s Household Pulse Survey on job insecurity, food insufficiency, housing insecurity, and mental health. Our analysis covers two years of the pandemic, beginning in April 2020 and ending in March 2022. We find that during these two years, 16.3% of adults, on average, experienced two or more hardshi ps simultaneously. At the peaks of the hardship crises in July and December 2020, approximately 20% or one in five adults experienced two or...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Rhetoric of Solidarity: Nature and Measurement of Social Cohesion in the Self-representation of Civil Society Organizations
In this study, we investigate to what extent and how civil society organizations (CSOs), part of the backbone of social integration in modern democracies, make references to social cohesion in their public self-portrayals. We develop a standardized measure for content analyzing the manifestation of social cohesion along three theoretical dimensions: social relations, connectedness, and orientation towards the common good. We apply our innovative content measure to the external communication of an original sample of nearly 800 CSOs in Germany, using their websites. Subsequently, we use data from an accompanying organization...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

People go Low: The Paradox of Choice in the Mobility of “the Low-Income” in China
AbstractThe literature on internal migration in China has paid little attention to rapidly changing migration circumstances and has failed to capture the heterogeneity of population mobility patterns in less economically developed regions. Utilizing data from the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey and the China Statistical Yearbook (County-Level), we investigate the destination choices of migrants registered in impoverished counties and underdeveloped areas. Our findings reveal that these migrants are more inclined to move to counties than to municipal districts and to move to economically underdeveloped counties than to d...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Exploring the Role of Socio-Demographic Characteristics on Gendered Social Exclusion: Empirical Evidence from Older Adults in Pakistan
AbstractBeyond the concerns associated with marginalised groups ’ underrepresentation, we posited that socio-demographic aspects and associated stigma provoke gendered social exclusion among older adults. Although these linkages have been frequently acknowledged, concrete evidence remains complicated. In a sample of 384 older adults from various administrative zones of the Lahore metropolitan, we examined that gendered social exclusion is typically connected with socio-demographic stereotypes. Statistics revealed that 72.3% of older adults reported social exclusion. Homemakers and non-workers were more prone to experienc...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research