Social Dynamics in Swiss Society

Introduction.- Part 1 Family, health & quality of life.- Chapter 1.1 "Health and Inequality: Impact of the Deterioration of a Household Member's Health on Household Mobility", Monica Budowski & Maurizia Masia, University of Fribourg, Robin Tillmann, FORS.- Chapter 1.2 "Life-Course Smoking Behavior in Switzerland in the 20th Century", Dean R. Lillard, Ohio State University, DIW-Berlin.- Chapter 1.3 "Obesity and subjective well-being in Switzerland", Mario Lucchini, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Sara Della Bella, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland.- Chapter 1.4 "Exploring the cohabitation gap in relationship dissolution and mental wellbeing: A cross-national longitudinal analysis of transitions from cohabitation and marriage in Switzerland and Australia", Belinda Hewitt, The University of Queensland, Marieke Voorpostel, FORS, Gavin Turrell, Queensland University of Technology.-Chapter 1.5 "The transition to marriage: a step in the gendered division of housework shaping subjective well-being", Valérie-Anne Ryser, FORS, Jean-Marie Le Goff, University of Lausanne, NCCR LIVES.- Chapter 1.6 "Family trajectory and life satisfaction: the Swiss case", Boris Wernli & Sara Zella, FORS.- Part 2 Resources, work & living conditions.- Chapter 2.1 "Analyzing Trends in Deprivation and Poverty", Pascale Gazareth & Katia Iglesias, University of Neuchâtel, Eric Crettaz, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland.- Chapter 2.2 "Trajectories of Vulnerability: A Sequence-Analytical Approach", Felix Bühlmann, University of Lausanne, NCCR LIVES.- Chapter 2.3 "From School to Work: Old or New Routes to Employment", Rolf Becker, David Glauser & Christoph Zangger, University of Bern.- Chapter 2.4 "The true richness: savings and children among Swiss, German and Australian families", Laura Ravazzini, University of Neuchâtel, Ursina Kuhn, FORS.- Chapter 2.5

Dr Robin Tillmann is the head of the Swiss Household Panel at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences FORS. He has more than 20 years of experience in empirical social research. His research interests include social stratification, social inequality and social change, precariousness and poverty, and quality of life. He is co-editor of the special issue "Persistent Social Inequalities" of the Swiss Journal of Sociology (2012). He contributed to the Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (Springer, 2014) and to the book Poor Europe. The problem of poverty in chosen European countries (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Slaskiego, 2015).   

Dr Marieke Voorpostel is a senior researcher for the Swiss Household Panel at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences FORS. She received her PhD in sociology from Utrecht University in 2007. Her research focuses primarily on kinship, family diversity, the interplay between the family and the community, and survey methodology. She has published her research in various European and American scientific journals. She has also contributed to handbooks on aging and the family.