Well-Being in Belgium: Beyond Happiness and Income
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| 505 | 8 | |a Elderly People and Young People -- 12 How Do We Spend Our Time? -- Time Use of Men and Women by Family Type -- Time Use of Men and Women by Level of Education -- An Insight into Families -- 13 Who Forms a Couple with Whom? -- How Did Partners First Meet? -- Like Seeks Like? -- Is Like-Seeks-Like Behaviour Age-Related? -- 14 How Do Partners Within Couples Spend Their Time? -- Time Use of Partners Across All Types of Couples -- Time Use of Working Couples with and Without Children Living at Home -- Time Use of Partners by Level of Education -- 15 What Do Partners in Couples Spend Their Money on? -- Expenditure Within Couples with and Without Children -- Expenditure Within Couples According to Total Expenditure -- Expenditure Within Couples According to Level of Education -- 16 Who Wears the Trousers? -- Distribution of Time and Money Between Partners -- Distribution of Time and Money in Relation to Relative Hourly Wage -- Distribution of Time and Money in Relation to Full Family Income -- Marriage Market -- Who Deserves Special Attention? -- 17 Is Life Harder for Single-Parent Families? -- Who Are the Parents in Single-Parent Families? -- Do Parents in Single-Parent Families Have Lower Levels of Well-Being? -- Which Dimensions of Well-Being Make the Difference? -- Are There Differences When It Comes to the Children? -- 18 Which Children Grow up in Poverty? -- Poverty Is Hard -- Health and Housing Quality -- How Much Do Parents Invest in Their Children? -- As Long as They're Happy ... -- 19 A Nice Retirement? -- How Many Older People Are There? -- The Situation of the Elderly -- Towards a Measure of Individual Well-being -- 20 Who Suffers from Cumulative Deprivation? -- How Much Cumulative Deprivation Is There in Belgium? -- Who Suffers from Cumulative Deprivation? -- 21 How Happy Are We? -- Happiness and Life Satisfaction | |
| 505 | 8 | |a What Makes Belgians Satisfied with Their Lives? -- (Dis)satisfaction with a Partial Aspect of Life -- 22 As Long as We're Happy ...? -- Personality and Life Satisfaction -- Level of Education and Expectations -- Poor but Happy -- 23 How Do We Measure Well-Being? -- An Example of the Alternative Approach -- Different Opinions on the Good Life: Willingness to Pay -- Equivalent Income -- 24 Who Has the Lowest Levels of Well-Being? -- How Do We Measure Willingness to Pay? -- Equivalent Incomes for Health and Housing -- 25 Conclusion -- Just Looking at Averages Can Be Misleading -- Income Is Not a Good Measure of Well-being -- Happiness Is Not a Good Measure of Well-being -- Well-being Is Best Measured in a Multidimensional Way -- References | |
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| contents | Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 What Constitutes a Good Life? -- Income -- Happiness -- Well-Being and Capabilities -- 2 Why This Book? -- Structure of the Book -- Why a New Dataset? -- Some Preliminary Methodological Comments -- 3 Is the Conventional Family Still the Cornerstone of Society? -- Which Family Types Are Found in Belgium? -- Are There Differences Between the Regions? -- Age and Family Type -- Well-being Involves Many Different Aspects -- 4 How Unequally Are Our Incomes Distributed? -- A Parade of Dwarves and Giants -- A Spoke in the Wheel? -- Inequality Measured -- 5 Who Is Poor in Our Society? -- Risk of Poverty -- Material Deprivation -- How Many Belgians Are Both on a Low Income and Materially Deprived? -- 6 How Healthy Are We? -- What Is Health? -- General Health -- Functional Limitations -- Chronic Diseases -- Emotional Well-Being -- Physical Well-Being -- Who Is Ill? -- Are Poorer People Sicker? -- How Sick Are the Elderly? -- Are the Flemish Healthier? -- 7 What Makes Us Sick? -- Lifestyle, Living Environment and Job Characteristics -- Lifestyle -- Living Environment -- Job Characteristics -- Emotional Well-Being -- The Shadow of the Past -- 8 Can People Afford Their Healthcare? -- The Use of Healthcare -- Financial Consequences of Illness -- Postponement of Care -- People with Chronic Illnesses -- 9 Do We Find the Job of Our Dreams? -- Who Works and Who Doesn't? -- Which Types of Jobs Are Carried Out? How Much Do People Work? -- The Job of My Dreams, an Unattainable Ideal? -- 10 What Do We Spend Our Money on? -- What Do the Consumption Patterns of Belgian Families Look Like? -- Expenditure Patterns per Income Quartile -- Expenditure Patterns by Level of Education -- 11 Do We Live Comfortably and in a Pleasant Environment? -- The Quality of Our Housing -- Tenants and Owners Elderly People and Young People -- 12 How Do We Spend Our Time? -- Time Use of Men and Women by Family Type -- Time Use of Men and Women by Level of Education -- An Insight into Families -- 13 Who Forms a Couple with Whom? -- How Did Partners First Meet? -- Like Seeks Like? -- Is Like-Seeks-Like Behaviour Age-Related? -- 14 How Do Partners Within Couples Spend Their Time? -- Time Use of Partners Across All Types of Couples -- Time Use of Working Couples with and Without Children Living at Home -- Time Use of Partners by Level of Education -- 15 What Do Partners in Couples Spend Their Money on? -- Expenditure Within Couples with and Without Children -- Expenditure Within Couples According to Total Expenditure -- Expenditure Within Couples According to Level of Education -- 16 Who Wears the Trousers? -- Distribution of Time and Money Between Partners -- Distribution of Time and Money in Relation to Relative Hourly Wage -- Distribution of Time and Money in Relation to Full Family Income -- Marriage Market -- Who Deserves Special Attention? -- 17 Is Life Harder for Single-Parent Families? -- Who Are the Parents in Single-Parent Families? -- Do Parents in Single-Parent Families Have Lower Levels of Well-Being? -- Which Dimensions of Well-Being Make the Difference? -- Are There Differences When It Comes to the Children? -- 18 Which Children Grow up in Poverty? -- Poverty Is Hard -- Health and Housing Quality -- How Much Do Parents Invest in Their Children? -- As Long as They're Happy ... -- 19 A Nice Retirement? -- How Many Older People Are There? -- The Situation of the Elderly -- Towards a Measure of Individual Well-being -- 20 Who Suffers from Cumulative Deprivation? -- How Much Cumulative Deprivation Is There in Belgium? -- Who Suffers from Cumulative Deprivation? -- 21 How Happy Are We? -- Happiness and Life Satisfaction What Makes Belgians Satisfied with Their Lives? -- (Dis)satisfaction with a Partial Aspect of Life -- 22 As Long as We're Happy ...? -- Personality and Life Satisfaction -- Level of Education and Expectations -- Poor but Happy -- 23 How Do We Measure Well-Being? -- An Example of the Alternative Approach -- Different Opinions on the Good Life: Willingness to Pay -- Equivalent Income -- 24 Who Has the Lowest Levels of Well-Being? -- How Do We Measure Willingness to Pay? -- Equivalent Incomes for Health and Housing -- 25 Conclusion -- Just Looking at Averages Can Be Misleading -- Income Is Not a Good Measure of Well-being -- Happiness Is Not a Good Measure of Well-being -- Well-being Is Best Measured in a Multidimensional Way -- References |
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| spelling | Capéau, Bart Verfasser aut Well-Being in Belgium Beyond Happiness and Income Cham Springer International Publishing AG 2020 ©2020 1 Online-Ressource (187 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being Ser Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 What Constitutes a Good Life? -- Income -- Happiness -- Well-Being and Capabilities -- 2 Why This Book? -- Structure of the Book -- Why a New Dataset? -- Some Preliminary Methodological Comments -- 3 Is the Conventional Family Still the Cornerstone of Society? -- Which Family Types Are Found in Belgium? -- Are There Differences Between the Regions? -- Age and Family Type -- Well-being Involves Many Different Aspects -- 4 How Unequally Are Our Incomes Distributed? -- A Parade of Dwarves and Giants -- A Spoke in the Wheel? -- Inequality Measured -- 5 Who Is Poor in Our Society? -- Risk of Poverty -- Material Deprivation -- How Many Belgians Are Both on a Low Income and Materially Deprived? -- 6 How Healthy Are We? -- What Is Health? -- General Health -- Functional Limitations -- Chronic Diseases -- Emotional Well-Being -- Physical Well-Being -- Who Is Ill? -- Are Poorer People Sicker? -- How Sick Are the Elderly? -- Are the Flemish Healthier? -- 7 What Makes Us Sick? -- Lifestyle, Living Environment and Job Characteristics -- Lifestyle -- Living Environment -- Job Characteristics -- Emotional Well-Being -- The Shadow of the Past -- 8 Can People Afford Their Healthcare? -- The Use of Healthcare -- Financial Consequences of Illness -- Postponement of Care -- People with Chronic Illnesses -- 9 Do We Find the Job of Our Dreams? -- Who Works and Who Doesn't? -- Which Types of Jobs Are Carried Out? How Much Do People Work? -- The Job of My Dreams, an Unattainable Ideal? -- 10 What Do We Spend Our Money on? -- What Do the Consumption Patterns of Belgian Families Look Like? -- Expenditure Patterns per Income Quartile -- Expenditure Patterns by Level of Education -- 11 Do We Live Comfortably and in a Pleasant Environment? -- The Quality of Our Housing -- Tenants and Owners Elderly People and Young People -- 12 How Do We Spend Our Time? -- Time Use of Men and Women by Family Type -- Time Use of Men and Women by Level of Education -- An Insight into Families -- 13 Who Forms a Couple with Whom? -- How Did Partners First Meet? -- Like Seeks Like? -- Is Like-Seeks-Like Behaviour Age-Related? -- 14 How Do Partners Within Couples Spend Their Time? -- Time Use of Partners Across All Types of Couples -- Time Use of Working Couples with and Without Children Living at Home -- Time Use of Partners by Level of Education -- 15 What Do Partners in Couples Spend Their Money on? -- Expenditure Within Couples with and Without Children -- Expenditure Within Couples According to Total Expenditure -- Expenditure Within Couples According to Level of Education -- 16 Who Wears the Trousers? -- Distribution of Time and Money Between Partners -- Distribution of Time and Money in Relation to Relative Hourly Wage -- Distribution of Time and Money in Relation to Full Family Income -- Marriage Market -- Who Deserves Special Attention? -- 17 Is Life Harder for Single-Parent Families? -- Who Are the Parents in Single-Parent Families? -- Do Parents in Single-Parent Families Have Lower Levels of Well-Being? -- Which Dimensions of Well-Being Make the Difference? -- Are There Differences When It Comes to the Children? -- 18 Which Children Grow up in Poverty? -- Poverty Is Hard -- Health and Housing Quality -- How Much Do Parents Invest in Their Children? -- As Long as They're Happy ... -- 19 A Nice Retirement? -- How Many Older People Are There? -- The Situation of the Elderly -- Towards a Measure of Individual Well-being -- 20 Who Suffers from Cumulative Deprivation? -- How Much Cumulative Deprivation Is There in Belgium? -- Who Suffers from Cumulative Deprivation? -- 21 How Happy Are We? -- Happiness and Life Satisfaction What Makes Belgians Satisfied with Their Lives? -- (Dis)satisfaction with a Partial Aspect of Life -- 22 As Long as We're Happy ...? -- Personality and Life Satisfaction -- Level of Education and Expectations -- Poor but Happy -- 23 How Do We Measure Well-Being? -- An Example of the Alternative Approach -- Different Opinions on the Good Life: Willingness to Pay -- Equivalent Income -- 24 Who Has the Lowest Levels of Well-Being? -- How Do We Measure Willingness to Pay? -- Equivalent Incomes for Health and Housing -- 25 Conclusion -- Just Looking at Averages Can Be Misleading -- Income Is Not a Good Measure of Well-being -- Happiness Is Not a Good Measure of Well-being -- Well-being Is Best Measured in a Multidimensional Way -- References Well-being-Age factors Well-being-Belgium Cherchye, Laurens Sonstige oth Decancq, Koen Sonstige oth Decoster, André Sonstige oth Rock, Bram De Sonstige oth Maniquet, François Sonstige oth Nys, Annemie Sonstige oth Périlleux, Guillaume Sonstige oth Ramaekers, Eve Sonstige oth Rongé, Zoé Sonstige oth Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Capéau, Bart Well-Being in Belgium Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2020 9783030585082 |
| spellingShingle | Capéau, Bart Well-Being in Belgium Beyond Happiness and Income Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 What Constitutes a Good Life? -- Income -- Happiness -- Well-Being and Capabilities -- 2 Why This Book? -- Structure of the Book -- Why a New Dataset? -- Some Preliminary Methodological Comments -- 3 Is the Conventional Family Still the Cornerstone of Society? -- Which Family Types Are Found in Belgium? -- Are There Differences Between the Regions? -- Age and Family Type -- Well-being Involves Many Different Aspects -- 4 How Unequally Are Our Incomes Distributed? -- A Parade of Dwarves and Giants -- A Spoke in the Wheel? -- Inequality Measured -- 5 Who Is Poor in Our Society? -- Risk of Poverty -- Material Deprivation -- How Many Belgians Are Both on a Low Income and Materially Deprived? -- 6 How Healthy Are We? -- What Is Health? -- General Health -- Functional Limitations -- Chronic Diseases -- Emotional Well-Being -- Physical Well-Being -- Who Is Ill? -- Are Poorer People Sicker? -- How Sick Are the Elderly? -- Are the Flemish Healthier? -- 7 What Makes Us Sick? -- Lifestyle, Living Environment and Job Characteristics -- Lifestyle -- Living Environment -- Job Characteristics -- Emotional Well-Being -- The Shadow of the Past -- 8 Can People Afford Their Healthcare? -- The Use of Healthcare -- Financial Consequences of Illness -- Postponement of Care -- People with Chronic Illnesses -- 9 Do We Find the Job of Our Dreams? -- Who Works and Who Doesn't? -- Which Types of Jobs Are Carried Out? How Much Do People Work? -- The Job of My Dreams, an Unattainable Ideal? -- 10 What Do We Spend Our Money on? -- What Do the Consumption Patterns of Belgian Families Look Like? -- Expenditure Patterns per Income Quartile -- Expenditure Patterns by Level of Education -- 11 Do We Live Comfortably and in a Pleasant Environment? -- The Quality of Our Housing -- Tenants and Owners Elderly People and Young People -- 12 How Do We Spend Our Time? -- Time Use of Men and Women by Family Type -- Time Use of Men and Women by Level of Education -- An Insight into Families -- 13 Who Forms a Couple with Whom? -- How Did Partners First Meet? -- Like Seeks Like? -- Is Like-Seeks-Like Behaviour Age-Related? -- 14 How Do Partners Within Couples Spend Their Time? -- Time Use of Partners Across All Types of Couples -- Time Use of Working Couples with and Without Children Living at Home -- Time Use of Partners by Level of Education -- 15 What Do Partners in Couples Spend Their Money on? -- Expenditure Within Couples with and Without Children -- Expenditure Within Couples According to Total Expenditure -- Expenditure Within Couples According to Level of Education -- 16 Who Wears the Trousers? -- Distribution of Time and Money Between Partners -- Distribution of Time and Money in Relation to Relative Hourly Wage -- Distribution of Time and Money in Relation to Full Family Income -- Marriage Market -- Who Deserves Special Attention? -- 17 Is Life Harder for Single-Parent Families? -- Who Are the Parents in Single-Parent Families? -- Do Parents in Single-Parent Families Have Lower Levels of Well-Being? -- Which Dimensions of Well-Being Make the Difference? -- Are There Differences When It Comes to the Children? -- 18 Which Children Grow up in Poverty? -- Poverty Is Hard -- Health and Housing Quality -- How Much Do Parents Invest in Their Children? -- As Long as They're Happy ... -- 19 A Nice Retirement? -- How Many Older People Are There? -- The Situation of the Elderly -- Towards a Measure of Individual Well-being -- 20 Who Suffers from Cumulative Deprivation? -- How Much Cumulative Deprivation Is There in Belgium? -- Who Suffers from Cumulative Deprivation? -- 21 How Happy Are We? -- Happiness and Life Satisfaction What Makes Belgians Satisfied with Their Lives? -- (Dis)satisfaction with a Partial Aspect of Life -- 22 As Long as We're Happy ...? -- Personality and Life Satisfaction -- Level of Education and Expectations -- Poor but Happy -- 23 How Do We Measure Well-Being? -- An Example of the Alternative Approach -- Different Opinions on the Good Life: Willingness to Pay -- Equivalent Income -- 24 Who Has the Lowest Levels of Well-Being? -- How Do We Measure Willingness to Pay? -- Equivalent Incomes for Health and Housing -- 25 Conclusion -- Just Looking at Averages Can Be Misleading -- Income Is Not a Good Measure of Well-being -- Happiness Is Not a Good Measure of Well-being -- Well-being Is Best Measured in a Multidimensional Way -- References Well-being-Age factors Well-being-Belgium |
| title | Well-Being in Belgium Beyond Happiness and Income |
| title_auth | Well-Being in Belgium Beyond Happiness and Income |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Well-Being in Belgium Beyond Happiness and Income |
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| title_sort | well being in belgium beyond happiness and income |
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