An Analysis of the Effect of Streaming on Civic Participation Through a Causal Hidden Markov Model
AbstractWe examine the effect of streaming based on ability levels on individuals ’ civic participation throughout their adult life. The hypothesis we test is that ability grouping influences individuals’ general self-concept and, consequently, their civic participation choices across the life course. We employ data from the British National Child Development Study, which fol lows all UK citizens born during a certain week in 1958. Six binary variables observed at 33, 42, and 51 years of age are considered to measure civic participation. Our approach defines causal estimands with multiple treatments referring to the ev...
Source: Social Indicators Research - February 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Long-run inequality persistence in the U.S., 1870 –2019
AbstractThis paper studies the long-run persistence of inequality in the U.S. With this aim, both income and wealth inequality measures covering the period from 1870 to 2019 have been analyzed. The persistent character of inequality has been assessed using unit root and structural break test statistics for time series. Furthermore, the determinants of inequality persistence have been explored by implementing Bayesian model averaging techniques in a generalized linear model framework. Our results suggest that the wealth-to-income ratio displays a non-stationary behavior throughout the whole sample period. On the contrary, t...
Source: Social Indicators Research - February 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Women and Intergenerational Mobility in Education: A Micro-Level Study from Weavers ’ Community of Varanasi, India
In conclusion, the paper illustrates several micro-level issues and disparities in intergenerational educational mobility that are not clearly evident through the macro-level studies and further helps in making in formed policy decisions. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - February 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Examining the Determinants of Poland ’s Middle Class Life Satisfaction
AbstractRecent works suggest that the increasing income inequalities decreased the middle class size and threatened life satisfaction (LS). However, no such studies link LS with middle-income class problems. The present study aims to fill this gap and characterize LS across the middle-income class in Poland. The main novelties are the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) to measure LS of the middle-income class in Poland and the methodological approach based on classification-regression trees (CART) to identify the determinants of LS. The analysis is conducted on the new database obtained from the survey of members of the m...
Source: Social Indicators Research - February 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Perceived Economic Inequality Is Negatively Associated with Subjective Well-being through Status Anxiety and Social Trust
AbstractThe relationship between economic inequality and subjective well-being has produced mixed results in the literature. Conflicting evidence may be due to overlooking the role of psychosocial processes that translate socioeconomic conditions into subjective evaluations. We argue that perceiving high economic inequality erodes social capital, undermining people ’s subjective well-being. We rely on the Psychosocial Model of Perceived Economic Inequality and Subjective Well-Being (PEISW), which posits that perceived economic inequality negatively affects subjective well-being by increasing status anxiety and decreasing...
Source: Social Indicators Research - February 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Variations in Access to Social Support: the Effects of Residential Mobility and Spatial Proximity to Kin and Family
AbstractIncreasing residential mobility is said to challenge existing social support systems as mobility raises geographic distances between family members. Since family social support is essential for health and well-being, this study investigates whether residential mobility affects familial social support following changes in proximity to family and kin. By applying a stepwise linear regression on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel study, this paper is looking at variations between different residential mobility trajectories regarding social support provision and spatial proximity to family members in Germany ove...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 31, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Comparison of Two Different Approaches to Measuring Economic Vulnerability to Food Insecurity: An Application to Mexico Using Official Data
AbstractThe United Nations Social Development Goals ensure the achievement of food security by 2030. Food security is characterized by various aspects, however in this study we focus on economic vulnerability to food insecurity. In particular, we compared two measures: food insecurity levels as defined by the Integrated food security phase classification Global-Partners quantitative scale and those defined by the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security qualitative scale. The qualitative scale only measures nutritional status using specific questions, regardless of food expenditures, while the quantitative scale is based...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 31, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Revisiting the Impact Evaluation of Women ’s Empowerment: A MCDM-Based Evaluation Indicator Selection Framework Proposal
This study aims to analyze the impact and outcome evaluation indicators of WE programs by providing a quantitative tool. A multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) model is proposed to identify and prioritize the performance indica tors by utilizing Fuzzy TOPSIS (FTOPSIS) and Fuzzy AHP (FAHP) in a combined methodology. Results validated the identification and classification of the indicators by their importance and viability. In a qualitative study with NPOs working on WE in Turkey, social impact and outcome evaluation indicat ors are defined and ranked by criteria set in the proposed combined MCDM framework. The study aims t...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 31, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A Data-Driven Model to Predict Quality of Life Dimensions of People with Intellectual Disability Based on the GENCAT Scale
AbstractIn recent times, observers have noticed that people with intellectual disability (ID) experience increasing complexity in their older age. Many initiatives launched by healthcare organisations and government bodies are rigorously working to improve ID people ’s quality of life (QoL) and health status. The concept of QoL is rooted in a multidimensional framework comprising both universal (etic) and culture-bound (emic) components. It has objective and subjective features and is affected by individual and environmental factors. The professionals in QoL proposed eight dimensions to cover every aspect of ID people, i...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Changes in Social Impacts of Industrial Heritage Adaptive Reuse in High-Density Residential Environment: Reciprocal Relations Between Social Cohesion and Perceived Safety
AbstractAssessing industrial heritage adaptive reuse projects as a dynamic process in a broader social context such as a neighboring community facilitates a better understanding of their effects. The present study addresses this issue using a cross-lagged model and focuses on perceived safety and social cohesion as two aspects of social sustainability. From 2017 to 2022, 230 participants residing near the “Innovation Factory” project in Mashhad, Iran, participated in a four-wave longitudinal study. The results of paired sample t-tests showed a considerable decrease in perceived safety after the project opening and iden...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Developing a Methodology for Identifying Urban Neighborhoods with Severe Housing Deprivation in Iran
AbstractThe aim of this paper is to present a methodology for identifying urban neighborhoods with severe housing deprivation (SHD) in Iran. The study, in addition to the housing physical determinants and overcrowding, considers household ’s socioeconomic characteristics as an integral dimension of SHD. It proposes a methodology that adopts census-based data and data-pooling strategy to map the spatial distribution and clustering of housing deprivation (HD) within five selected cities in Iran. First, a hybrid Factor Analysis and An alytic Network Process (F’ANP) model is used to construct a composite housing deprivatio...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Understanding the Resilience of Garment Workers ’ Families Through a Mixed-Method Approach: Surviving the Economic Hardship During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia
This study examines the factors associated with the resilience of garment workers ’ families. We used a complementary mixed-methods approach to analyze data from the 2021 Family and Community Resilience Survey. To enrich the study, we also performed 23 in-depth interviews and two focus group discussions in Bogor and Bandung Regencies. We assess family resilience as their curren t status in resolving their most disruptive stressor. We fitted a multinomial logistic regression model and assessed the relative variable importance, with socio-economic characteristics, social assistance, and family organizational factors as gro...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A Proposal for Retirement Risk Measurement Based on Subjective Assessment of Income: An Empirical Study
AbstractWe propose a novel approach to retirement risk and its measurement. We define retirement risk as a shortfall of financial resources to meet the needs of a retiree ’s household, which is different from the inability to maintain a standard of living in retirement. Taking a subjective approach to risk, we operationalise it using theLeyden approach to estimate the minimum satisfactory income for a retiree household and compare it to the pension value. Using a logistic regression model, we estimate the effect of pension value and household and reference person characteristics. The retirement risk level strongly depend...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Developing a Methodology for Identifying Urban Neighborhoods with Severe Housing Deprivation in Iran
AbstractThe aim of this paper is to present a methodology for identifying urban neighborhoods with severe housing deprivation (SHD) in Iran. The study, in addition to the housing physical determinants and overcrowding, considers household ’s socioeconomic characteristics as an integral dimension of SHD. It proposes a methodology that adopts census-based data and data-pooling strategy to map the spatial distribution and clustering of housing deprivation (HD) within five selected cities in Iran. First, a hybrid Factor Analysis and An alytic Network Process (F’ANP) model is used to construct a composite housing deprivatio...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Understanding the Resilience of Garment Workers ’ Families Through a Mixed-Method Approach: Surviving the Economic Hardship During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia
This study examines the factors associated with the resilience of garment workers ’ families. We used a complementary mixed-methods approach to analyze data from the 2021 Family and Community Resilience Survey. To enrich the study, we also performed 23 in-depth interviews and two focus group discussions in Bogor and Bandung Regencies. We assess family resilience as their curren t status in resolving their most disruptive stressor. We fitted a multinomial logistic regression model and assessed the relative variable importance, with socio-economic characteristics, social assistance, and family organizational factors as gro...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
