Gender, Lifespan and Quality of Life An International Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Eckermann, Elizabeth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Social Indicators Research Series, 53
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Sociology.; Quality of life.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Gender Studies.

This publication addresses the gender dimensions of people’s lived experience and emphasizes how gender relationships differentially impact on women’s and girls’ as well as men’s and boys’ subjective well-being across the lifespan. It therefore fills a significant gap in the literature on quality of...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Is It Important to Sex Disaggregate and Gender Analyse Quality of Life Data? Liz Eckermann
• Chapter 2: Well-Being and Communication of 12 to 16 Year-Old Girls and Their Mothers: Gender and Intergenerational Issues in Spain; Mònica González, Cristina Figuer, Sara Malo and Ferran Casas
• Chapter 3: Gender Dimensions of Quality of Life for Adults in Australia; Robert Cummins, David Mellor and Mark Stokes
• Chapter 4: Chasing the Good Life: Gender Differences in Work Aspirations of American Men and Women; Anke C. Plagnol
• Chapter 5: Gender Dimensions of Quality of Life in Algeria; Habib Tiliouine
• Chapter 6: Mothers and Quality of Life in 26 EU Countries; Piotr Michoń
• Chapter 7: Gender Dimensions of Quality of Life in Romania; Sergiu Baltatescu
• Chapter 8: Quality of Life for Pregnant and Recent Parity Women in Laos; Liz Eckermann, Anna Scopaz and Matthew Clarke
• Chapter 9: Gender Dimensions of Quality of Life in Russia; Ekaterina Uglanova
• Chapter 10: Re-marry Fast, Die Young: The Gender Related Happiness Inequalities Among Polish Adults; Piotr Michoń
• Chapter 11: Gender Considerations on Income and Health in Latin America; Karen Watkins Fassler
• Chapter 12: Subjective Well-Being Across Gender and Age in Japan: An Econometric Analysis; Tim Tiefenbach and Florian Kohlbacher
• Chapter 13: Gender Role Attitudes, Family Formation and Well-Being in Ireland; Margret Fine-Davis
• Chapter 14: Gender and Quality of Life in Singapore; Siok Kuan Tambyah and Soo Jiuan Tan
• Chapter 15: Age and Gender Differences in Well-Being in Croatia; Ljiljana Kaliterna and Josip Burusic
• Chapter 16: Conclusion and Policy Implications; Liz Eckermann.