Artikel

Gender Differences in Life Satisfaction and Social Participation

The paper deals with the effects of social participation activities on life satisfaction. Using the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) for 2010, marginal effects of binary probit estimations on life satisfaction are presented. Strong gender differences are observable. While sport, welfare or parental activities affect only female life satisfaction, males are more affected by classical hobbies. As an interesting result that political activities, such as a political party or a union membership, have no or even negative effects. The general results may be interpreted in that way, that activities or memberships with influence in local fields with own responsibility and personal interest in a short of time, may be more satisfying than activities with more idealistic tasks and long run results, such as protecting nature or human rights.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research ; ISSN: 1791-3373 ; Volume: 6 ; Year: 2013 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 123-142 ; Kavala: Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
General Welfare; Well-Being
Welfare Economics: General
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Thema
Subjective Well-Being
Social Participation
German General Social Survey (ALLBUS)

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Humpert, Stephan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology
(wo)
Kavala
(wann)
2013

Handle
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Beteiligte

  • Humpert, Stephan
  • Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology

Entstanden

  • 2013

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