In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition … approach. This method differentiates between various social groups in the sense that for each group a separate poverty line is … traditional poverty measurement to refer to income-independent equivalence scales is principally avoided. Moreover, the further …

satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …: for a given number of years in poverty, satisfaction is lower when the years are linked together. As such, poverty …

, Britain and Germany to broaden the analysis. We ask first how many of those in the lowest levels of life-satisfaction suffer … from unemployment, poverty, physical ill health, and mental illness. The largest proportion suffer from mental illness …. Multiple regression shows that mental illness is not highly correlated with poverty or unemployment, and that it contributes …

Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty … with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling for individual poverty status and poverty intensity. The negative … relationship between aggregate poverty and SWB is more salient in the upper segments of the income distribution and is robust to …

satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …: for a given number of years in poverty, satisfaction is lower when the years are linked together. As such, poverty …

This paper looks at the information content of satisfaction scores. It is argued that the information content depends … within one year. This leads to the conclusion that the information content of satisfaction scores accentuates recent changes …-term impact on living conditions. The usefulness of satisfaction scores as an indicator of people's living conditions is discussed. …

This publication concentrates on the complex interplay between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction. Main areas of … life are quantified in a multidimensional approach of poverty and wealth: Individual income, current health, occupational … autonomy or employment status and also the mentioned life satisfaction. Data used in this publication were made available by …

deprivation have statistically-significant effects on reported concerns about crime, while relative satisfaction plays no role. At …