Singlehood in Europe: rates and factors associated with happiness

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Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
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Knygos / Books
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Singlehood in Europe: rates and factors associated with happiness
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Publication Data:
Göttingen : V&R unipress, 2023.
Pages:
116 p
Contents:
Acknowledgments — Introduction — Overview of the book — Chapter 1. Singles in numbers: Defining singlehood; The shares of single individuals; The sociodemographic profile of single people; Age; Gender; Education; Place of residence; Employment; Living with children; Summary — Chapter 2. Subjective well-being and general health of single people: Happiness of singles; Social life of singles; Social meetings with friends, relatives or colleagues; Having people to discuss intimate and personal matters with; Participating in social activities; General health of single people; Subjective health; Impediments to daily activities from illness / disability / infirmity / mental health issues; Summary — Chapter 3. Human values in the life of single people: Self-enhancement; Self-transcendence; Conservation; Openness to change; Summary — Chapter 4. Religion in the life of single people: Belonging to a religion or denomination; Distribution of specific religions or denominations; Religiosity; Frequency of attending religious services other than on special occasions; Frequency of praying apart from praying in religious services; Summary — Chapter 5. Predictors of single people’s happiness: Sociodemographic variables as predictors of single people’s happiness: Testing of null model and five sociodemographic models; Social relationship- and health-related variables as predictors of single people’s happiness; Basic human values as predictors of single people’s happiness; Religion variables as predictors of single peoples’ happiness; The comprehensive model of predictors of single peoples’ happiness; Sociodemographics and single people’s happiness; Social relationships and health and single people’s happiness; Basic human values and health and single people’s happiness; Religion and single people’s happiness; Summary — Final remarks — References.
Subject Category:
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Lietuva (Lithuania); Demografija / Demography; Gyventojai / Population.
Summary / Abstract:

ENThe overarching aims of the present book are to provide ready-to-use data on the phenomenon of singlehood in Europe and deeper insight into the factors associated with the happiness of single adults in Europe. Although the issue of happiness as a function of relationship status was previously analyzed by Kislev (2020a) based on the data collected in the ESS, he did not focus solely on single people but rather compared single with coupled individuals. Furthermore, Kislev (2020a) selected only individuals aged 30 and above and utilized data collected from only the first to the eighth ESS rounds (2002–2016). Our book overcomes these limitations by utilizing the data collected in nine ESS rounds (2002–2018) and by concentrating on single individuals aged at least 18 years because of the contemporary stronger detachment from traditional developmental tasks in the domain of marriage and family from a specific age (e. g., Bühler & Nikitin, 2020). We hope that the current book contributes to further making a shelter for single individuals in science and to the recognition of singlehood as a valid and authentic way of life and area of scientific research.

DOI:
10.14220/9783737015325
ISBN:
9783847115328; 9783737015325
Subject:
Sociologija / Sociology
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2026-02-25 13:42:53
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