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Individual and country-level factors associated with self-reported and accelerometer-based physical activity in old age: a cross-national analysis of European countries
This study aimed to investigate associations between individual-level (personality traits, quality of life) and country-level (gross domestic product...
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Work Hour Mismatch on Life Evaluation: Full Heterogeneity and Individual- and Country-Level Characteristics of the Most and Least Affected Workers
Mismatches between workers’ actual and preferred hours of work are ubiquitous and have detrimental effects on well-being. Yet, the full heterogeneity...
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A Risk or a Resource? The Individual, the Religious Community and the State
In this final chapter, it is discussed how the Swedish case can be understood in relation to other contexts. It is argued that to fully understand...
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Two Turtles: Children and Autonomy in Participatory Technological Design
This paper explores some issues that emerged in research about a participatory design process with children to develop a pre-prototype of a social...
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Impact of women’s autonomy and health care practices on nutritional status of U5 children in the slums of English Bazar municipality of Malda District, India
The impact of women’s autonomy and under-five child health care practices on nutritional status of under-five child were determined with the sample...
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Modernization and the Shifting Bases of Philanthropy? An Empirical Study on Motivations of Individual Giving Based on CLDS
The international debate of the shifting bases of philanthropy suggested by modernization theory has been ongoing since the beginning of the...
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Education-Job Mismatch: Implications for Individual Earnings and Aggregate Output
Based on the nationally representative micro-level dataset, the present paper investigates the prevalence of education-job mismatches and their...
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Life Course Studies and Biographical Research: Exploring the Individual-Society Relationship
In this chapter the many ways in which the individual-society relationship has been approached in the history of sociology are addressed. The...
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Reducing the Individual Carbon Impact of Video Streaming: A Seven-Week Intervention Using Information, Goal Setting, and Feedback
This online intervention study examined whether system- and action-related information alone, together with goal setting, or together with goal...
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Structural Reforms and the Individual
Chap. 3 examines the impact of state reforms on individuals, identifying major transformations and challenges that have occurred in the lives of...
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The Struggle for Identity: Autonomy and the Indigenous
This chapter reviews the political struggles of the Indigenous for identity in Latin America. This struggle has seen Indigenous identity denied,...
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Joint and Individual Savings within Families: Evidence from Bank Accounts
Are savings evenly distributed and owned within families or do partners within families differ in their wealth? In this paper we investigated the...
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Doing the Right Things or Doing Things Right? Exploring the Relationship Between Professional Autonomy and Resources in Volunteering
This chapter chronicles the organizing efforts of a group of Swedish medical professionals who volunteered on an ad hoc basis to provide health care...
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Autonomy Versus “Arrogant Esoterica”
The problems that inhere in Adorno’s understanding of the culture industry allow the humanistic qualities of Riesman’s sociology to stand out in...
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Regional ethnic autonomy: thinking and actions on the reconstruction of a unified multi-ethnic country by the CPC
The founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) established and consolidated a new type of socialist ethnic relations, and the people of all...
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Attachment, Adjustment Outcomes and Dyadic Co** among HIV-Serodiscordant Couples in Portugal: Individual and Cross-Partner Effects
HIV-serodiscordant couples may face unique dyadic stressors, which may have important implications for their adjustment and interpersonal co**. The...
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Children’s and Adolescents’ Happiness Conceptualizations at School and their Link with Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness
Previous research on children’s and adolescents’ happiness either focused on their conceptualisations or the link between self-reported happiness...
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How Much Does State Context Matter in Emergency Savings? Disentangling the Individual and Contextual Contributions of the Financial Capability Constructs
The majority of American families lack the savings necessary to overcome an unexpected financial shock. Sherraden’s (
2013 ) financial capability...
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Illuminating Shades: A Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of a Four-Day Workweek on Subjective Well-being in Hungary
This study examines the implementation of the four-day week in a small Hungarian company, using qualitative research before and after the change. By...
