This paper examines regional differences in subjective well-being (SWB) in Germany. Inferential statistics indicate a diminishing but still significant gap between East and West Germany, but also differing levels of SWB within both parts. The observed regional pattern of life satisfaction...

Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird versucht, das breite Betätigungsfeld eines amtlichen Statistikers möglichst umfassend zu beschreiben. Anlass für diesen Beitrag war die Bitte des Vorsitzenden der „Deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Statistik“, Göran Kauermann, im „DAGStat-Bulletin“ einen...

This paper looks at leveraging DDI to enable semantic linking of social science data to other data and related resources on the Web and is organized into five use cases: (1) Linking related publications; (2) Linking people and organizations; (3) Linking geography; (4) Linking related studies;...