Gender differences in life satisfaction and social participation

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This paper deals with the effects of social participation activities on life satisfaction. Using the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) for 2010, I present gender specific differences for several social activities, such as club memberships of political, welfare, health or more leisure time orientated groups. These activities have different impacts on male or female satisfaction. While sports and civic engagements improve only female life satisfaction, men are more affected by charity organizations or leisure time activities, such as hobbies. It is an interesting result that political activities and trade unions have no, or even negative effects on life satisfaction.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper Series in Economics ; No. 276

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Welfare Economics: General ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Economywide Country Studies: Europe ; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
• Subject: subjective well-being ; social participation ; German General Social Survey (ALLBUS)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Humpert, Stephan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
• (where): Lüneburg
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/93529
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