Inhalt: METHODISCH KONZEPTIONELLE BEITRÄGE (u. a. Habich, Roland: Objektive und subjektive Indikatoren - Ein Vorschlag zur Messung des Wandels von Lebenslagen). - HAUSHALTSBEZOGENE ANALYSEN ZU INNERFAMILIALER ARBEITSTEILUNG, BILDUNG, LEBENSFORMEN UND WOHNEN (u. a. Binder, Marion/Wagner, Gert:...

The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in the population. It derives the implications of a between-type regressive transfer principle for poverty measures, for the choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of...

Life satisfaction is increasingly recognised as a desirable individual outcome. Policy attention with respect to child well-being has focused on improving the financial position of families with children. Using Understanding Society I show that child life satisfaction is not associated with...

Physical stature is used as a proxy for the biological standard of living in the two Germanies before and after unification in an analysis of a cross-sectionalsample (1998) of adult heights, as well as among military recruits of the1990s. West Germans tended to be taller than East Germans...