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Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this article investigates the recent development of meat consumption in Germany and selected socio-demographic determinants of meat-related dietary habits. In line with official data, the SOEP shows a downward trend in the frequency of meat consumption and an upward trend in self-reported vegetarianism for 2016?2022. Women, the better educated, singles, ...
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Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition
(online first) (2025), 1–14
| Jörg Hartmann, Peter Preisendörfer
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Nach dem Ende der Ampel-Koalition steht die Frage erneut zur Debatte, mit welchen Konzepten dem Kostenanstieg in der gesetzlichen Pflegeversicherung begegnet werden kann. Private Pflegezusatzversicherungen sollen Finanzierungslücken für Pflegebedürftigkeit im Alter schließen. Doch die Nachfrage ist bislang gering.
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Ärzte Zeitung, 2025-03-27
13 (2025), 25, 18
| Dietmar Haun
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In recent decades, both mean dwelling sizes and per-capita living space have significantly increased worldwide. With dwelling size being the main determinant of private households? residential energy demand, these increases are major drivers of residential energy consumption. This article quantitatively analyses housing consumption in order to gain a better understanding of the factors behind risen ...
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Housing Studies
(online first) (2025), 1–27
| Simon Hein, Tobias Kuhnimhof
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Do border closures affect political attitudes? While a large body of research has discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on nationalism and outgroup hostility, much less is known about how one of the main policy responses to stop the virus, closing the national borders, has impacted political attitudes. We argue that the sudden and unprecedented closures of national borders in the COVID-19 ...
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European Journal of Political Research
64 (2025), 4, 1923–1944
| Lisa Herbig, Asli Unan, Theresa Kuhn, Irene Rodríguez, Toni Rodon, Heike Klüver
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The average gender pay gap in Germany is 16 percent according to the most recent data. On the occasion of the 2025 Equal Pay Day, this Weekly Report using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data shows that considerable differences according to age and level of education are hiding behind this average gap. For example, the gender pay gap increases significantly with age for people of all educational backgrounds ...
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DIW Weekly Report
15 (2025), 18/19, 109-115
| Fiona Herrmann, Katharina Wrohlich
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Migrants living in postindustrial countries are confronted with various socioeconomic challenges, including lower incomes, extended working hours, and lower occupational statuses than natives. Although health disparities linked to occupational positions have frequently been documented, they remain a relatively unexplored factor in the explanation of health gaps over time between migrants and native ...
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KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
77 (2025), 1, 27–52
| Manuel Holz, Jochen Mayerl
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This work presents evidence of causal effects of parental education on children’s health behaviors and long-term health. I study intergenerational effects of a compulsory schooling increase in Germany, exploiting the staggered introduction of the reform with difference-in-differences models and event studies. Maternal schooling reduces children’s smoking and being overweight in adolescence. The effects ...
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An Intergenerational Perspective
60 (2025), 3, 743–779
| Mathias Huebener
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Background: Characterized by uncertainty and recurring periods of social isolation, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in increases of loneliness and distress in young adults, such as university students. Despite the lifting of the last restrictions in Germany in April 2023, the state of mental health in vulnerable groups after the three-year global crisis remains to be investigated. Therefore, we aimed ...
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Clinical Psychology in Europe
7 (2025), 2, 1–23
| Joanna J. Hunsmann, Florian Weck, Julia Wendt, Franziska Kühne
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Background Health system resilience, the ability of a health system to maintain its functions under stress, has received increasing attention in recent years. Shortcomings in health system resilience are often most visible in the most vulnerable settings, including the care for asylum seekers and refugees. We therefore examined how the German health system responded to challenges and uncertainties ...
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Social Science & Medicine
381 (2025), 118174
| Rosa Jahn, Clara Perplies, Eilin Rast, Louise Biddle, Andreas W. Gold, Kayvan Bozorgmehr
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Einleitung: Impfungen und die damit verbundene Impfberatung sind Aufgaben des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (ÖGD). Neben Gesundheitsämtern informieren andere Behörden über Nutzen und Risiken von Impfungen. Weitere Informationsquellen sind z.B. die ärztliche Praxis, Apotheken, Fernsehen, soziale Medien, aber auch private Gespräche. Einige Informationsquellen bieten unabsichtlich, andere gezielt Fehlinformationen ...
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Gesundheitswesen
87 (2025), S 01, 64–65
| Susanne Jordan, Sarah Jane Böttger, Sabine Zinn