Singles in the city: happily ever after?

Riederer, Bernhard; Fritsch, Nina-Sophie; Seewann, Lena

doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res3.2

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“…Non-Austrian citizenship is far more prevalent among young men who live in single households (young female singles 10%; young male singles 18%). This holds both for the advantaged group of EU migrants as well as the usually disadvantaged group of third country citizens (Riederer et al, 2021a;Riederer et al, 2019). Geographically, single households are spread across all city areas.…”

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“…Nevertheless, quality of life research usually concentrates on comparing household forms (e.g., Blekesaune, 2018;Chang, 2013;Shapiro & Keyes, 2008;Vanassche et al, 2013). Only a few studies focus on the well-being of those who live alone (e.g., Apostolou et al, 2019;Kislev, 2019Kislev, , 2021 but hardly any do so in the urban context (for an exception see Riederer et al, 2021a). Consequently, there is a need to explore the well-being of singles in contemporary Western cities, thereby particularly considering the increasing diversity of adults who live alone.…”

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“…However,Ta et al (2017) compared perceived stress in married and single individuals across several life domains andRiederer et al (2021a) showed differences in domain satisfaction across household types (including one-person households).…”

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Living Alone in the City: Differentials in Subjective Well-Being Among Single Households 1995–2018

Fritsch

Riederer

Seewann

2023

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Over the past decades, the number of single households is constantly rising in metropolitan regions. In addition, they became increasingly heterogeneous. In the media, individuals who live alone are sometimes still presented as deficient. Recent research, however, indicates a way more complex picture. Using the example of Vienna, this paper investigates the quality of life of different groups of single households in the city. Based on five waves of the Viennese Quality of Life Survey covering almost a quarter of a century (1995–2018), we analyse six domains of subjective well-being (satisfaction with the financial situation, the housing situation, the main activity, the family life, social contacts, and leisure time activities). Our analyses reveal that, in most domains, average satisfaction of single households has hardly changed over time. However, among those living alone satisfaction of senior people (60+) increased while satisfaction of younger people (below age 30) decreased. Increasing differences in satisfaction with main activity, housing, or financial situation reflect general societal developments on the Viennese labour and housing markets. The old clichéd images of the “young, reckless, happy single” and the “lonely, poor, dissatisfied senior single” reverse reality.

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Living Alone in the City: Differentials in Subjective Well-Being Among Single Households 1995–2018

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Riederer

Seewann

2023

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“…On the other hand, there is research which has established a link between objective indicators (e.g., material goods and resources like income or wealth) and subjective indicators (e.g., risk perception, wellbeing, life satisfaction or happiness) (Cummins, 2000;Lever, 2004;Cho, 2018;Riederer et al, 2021;Fritsch et al, 2023). This line of research indicates that the material conditions of life are related to and constitute a reliable predictor of the individual assessments of one's life (Burchell, 2011;Clark et al, 2013;Van der Meer, 2014).…”

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Risk perceptions of individuals living in single-parent households during the COVID-19 crisis: examining the mediating and moderating role of income

Liedl,

Fritsch,

Samper Mejia

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Front. Sociol.

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The COVID-19 crisis had severe social and economic impact on the life of most citizens around the globe. Individuals living in single-parent households were particularly at risk, revealing detrimental labour market outcomes and assessments of future perspectives marked by worries. As it has not been investigated yet, in this paper we study, how their perception about the future and their outlook on how the pandemic will affect them is related to their objective economic resources. Against this background, we examine the subjective risk perception of worsening living standards of individuals living in single-parent households compared to other household types, their objective economic situation based on the logarithmised equivalised disposable household incomes and analyse the relationship between those indicators. Using the German SOEP, including the SOEP-CoV survey from 2020, our findings based on regression modelling reveal that individuals living in single-parent households have been worse off during the pandemic, facing high economic insecurity. Path and interaction models support our assumption that the association between those indicators may not be that straightforward, as there are underlying mechanisms–such as mediation and moderation–of income affecting its direction and strength. With respect to our central hypotheses, our empirical findings point toward (1) a mediation effect, by demonstrating that the subjective risk perception of single-parent households can be partly explained by economic conditions. (2) The moderating effect suggests that the concrete position at the income distribution of households matters as well. While at the lower end of the income distribution, single-parent households reveal particularly worse risk perceptions during the pandemic, at the high end of the income spectrum, risk perceptions are similar for all household types. Thus, individuals living in single-parent households do not perceive higher risks of worsening living standards due to their household situation per se, but rather because they are worse off in terms of their economic situation compared to individuals living in other household types.

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Urban-rural differences in the desired number of children in Austria 1986–2021

Riederer,

Setz,

Buber-Ennser

2024

Österreich Z Soziol

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This paper focuses on the development of urban-rural differences in the desired number of children in Austria over a 35-year period. Guided by the theory of the Second Demographic Transition, we analyse representative data from a special module added to the Austrian Microcensus/Labour Force Survey approximately every five years between 1986 and 2021. Our empirical analysis confirms urban-rural differences in the desired number of children. In addition, we find evidence of convergence, primarily driven by a decline in the desired number of children in rural regions. Our results further suggest that postponement of parenthood may have led to adaptive processes decisive for this decline. We show that changes in living arrangements, female education and employment have contributed to both developments of the desired number of children and urban-rural differences. Thus, our paper not only contributes to the understanding of how social change affects demographic behaviours, but also adds to the growing body of research demonstrating the continuing relevance of urban-rural differences for current debates about family change.

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Singles in the city: happily ever after?

Cited by 3 publications

References 66 publications

Living Alone in the City: Differentials in Subjective Well-Being Among Single Households 1995–2018

Living Alone in the City: Differentials in Subjective Well-Being Among Single Households 1995–2018

Risk perceptions of individuals living in single-parent households during the COVID-19 crisis: examining the mediating and moderating role of income

Urban-rural differences in the desired number of children in Austria 1986–2021

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