Die Lage der Kinder wird bezüglich dem materiellen Wohlbefinden, Bildung, Gesundheit, Risikoverhalten und in Bezug auf das soziale Umfeld international vergleichend und an sozialen Indikatoren orientiert dargestellt. (Jürgen Plieninger)

Social scientists are producing an ever growing stream of research findings, which is ever more difficult to oversee. As a result, capitalization on earlier investment declines and accumulation of knowledge stagnates. This situation calls for more research synthesis and interest in synthetic...

The capabilities approach developed by Sen (1985) and others has been highly influential in development circles and is increasingly being thought of as a theoretical framework suitable for understanding and measuring quality of life issues in high income contexts (Anand et al (2009), EU (2009))....