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Aug 17, 2020 · Lifestyle refers to a variety of variables such as diet (how we eat), housing. (where we live), and how we move (by bicycle, by car, by public transport, by foot), where we travel, how we dress in ...
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One important topic in demographic and family studies is the study of life courses and within this the life choice of family formation. A traditional view on life courses considers a linear sequence of life stages divided from each other by clear life events. First graduating and finding a good job, then cohabiting before getting married and having...
The ‘lifestyle’ concept is applied in geography and urban studies with respect to two important life choices: residential location choices at a local scale and migration decisions at an international scale.
3.4.3.1 Traffic Behaviour and Traffic Safety
Traffic behaviour and traffic safety is a first transportation research field that frequently refers to the concept of ‘lifestyles’. Lifestyles are often used to explain risky driving behaviour, especially of young men (e.g., Gregersen and Berg 1994; Begg et al. 1999; Bina et al. 2006; Møller and Haustein 2013). A mechanistic lifestyle approach is frequently used. Lifestyles are often measured through a questionnaire in which respondents are asked to report their involvement in not only risky...
3.4.3.2 Travel Behaviour
A second transportation research field that benefits from lifestyle-based insights is that of travel behaviour. The first explicit use of the word ‘lifestyle’ in travel behaviour research was at the end of the 1970s. Gillan and Wachs (1976) used it in relation to travel patterns of a very specific population group, namely the elderly. Wachs (1979, p. 21) stated: ‘A particular combination of income, family status, educational attainment, residential density, and similar variables differentiate...
- Veronique Van Acker
- veronique.vanacker@liser.lu
- 2017
Apr 5, 2020 · Lifestyle defines our way of living. In the sociological term, lifestyle connects our habits with several social dimensions. According to psychologist Alfred Adler, the basic character of a person is established in his/her early childhood. Various factors affect our lifestyle like economic factors, place of living, our values and preferences ...
Sep 6, 2019 · This chapter explains the importance of the neglected concept of Max Weber's original idea of Lebenschancen (life chances; LCs) and Ralf Dahrendorf's comprehensive analysis of the idea's theoretical and empirical importance. Dahrendorf's sociology of LCs includes a number of significant concepts relevant to society in the twenty- first century ...
- Lyle Munro
- 2019
Lifestyle is a combination of determining intangible or tangible factors. Tangible factors relate specifically to demographicvariables, i.e. an individual's demographic profile, whereas intangible factors concern the psychological aspects of an individual such as personal values, preferences, and outlooks.
Mar 1, 2023 · Lifestyle is a complex and often generic concept that has been used and defined in different ways in scientific research. Currently, there is no single definition of lifestyle, and various fields of knowledge have developed theories and research variables that are also distant from each other. This paper is a narrative review of the literature ...
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Green lifestyles include a collection of practices by which try to address an interrelated set of environmental problems: and rising sea levels, air and water pollution, peak oil, and the of landfills, among others. The typical U.S. lifestyle is implicated ening of these environmental problems.3 Bruce, quoted above,
