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Pictorial Approaches for Measuring Time Use in Rural Ethiopia

Masuda, Yuta; Fortmann, Lea; Gugerty, Mary; … - In: Social Indicators Research 115 (2014) 1, pp. 467-482

Time use researchers working in least developed countries (LDCs) face difficulties collecting data from illiterate populations who may conceptualize time differently than those in industrialized countries. We identify existing gaps in time use data collection methods and discuss two novel,...

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Conceptual Reconstruction through a Modified Focus Group Methodology

Lindsay, Anne; Hubley, Anita - In: Social Indicators Research 79 (2006) 3, pp. 437-454

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On the Use of Social Clocks for the Monitoring of Multidimensional Social Development

Mueller, Georg - In: Social Indicators Research 102 (2011) 1, pp. 23-37

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IT and Activity Displacement: Behavioral Evidence from the U.S. General Social Survey (GSS)

Robinson, John; Martin, Steven - In: Social Indicators Research 91 (2009) 2, pp. 115-139

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Translating Oral Health-Related Quality of Life Measures: Are There Alternative Methodologies?

Brondani, Mario; He, Sarah - In: Social Indicators Research 111 (2013) 1, pp. 387-401

Translating existing sociodental indicators to another language involves a rigorous methodology, which can be costly … version of a given health measurement. The measure produced should still be tested for its psychometric properties in the …

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A Weighted Multidimensional Index of Child Well-Being Which Incorporates Children’s Individual Perceptions

Fernandes, Liliana; Mendes, Américo; Teixeira, Aurora - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 3, pp. 803-829

It has been a decade since a landmark piece of work on child well-being measurement based on a summary index was …

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Self-Reported Capabilities Among Young Male Adults in Switzerland: Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of a German, French and Italian Version of a Closed Survey Instrument

Hofmann, Karen; Schori, Dominik; Abel, Thomas - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 2, pp. 723-738

global summary item on overall capabilities represents a measurement alternative to the set of seven domain specific …

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The Satisfaction with Sex Life Across the Adult Life Span

Neto, Félix; Pinto, Maria da Conceição - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 3, pp. 767-784

Three separate issues concerning the relation between age and satisfaction with sex life are addressed in this article. The first issue was concerned with the age generalizability of the factor structure produced by responses to the Satisfaction with Sex Life Scale (SWSLS). The second issue was...

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The Subjective Happiness Scale: Translation and Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation of a Spanish Version

Extremera, Natalio; Fernández-Berrocal, Pablo - In: Social Indicators Research 119 (2014) 1, pp. 473-481

The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky and Lepper in Soc Indic Res 46:137–155, <CitationRef CitationID="CR13">1999</CitationRef>) in a wide sample of 1,155 participants (448 men, 707 women) from three different groups (high school...</citationref>

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Factor Structure and Convergent Validity of the Long and Abbreviated Versions of the Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale in an Italian Sample

Zappulla, Carla; Pace, Ugo; Cascio, Valentina; Guzzo, … - In: Social Indicators Research 118 (2014) 1, pp. 57-69

We examined the psychometric characteristics of the long and abbreviated versions of the Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS) in the Italian contexts. In study 1 we assessed the factorial validity and reliability of the long and abbreviated versions of the MSLSS among...

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