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The ideas that childless people have about the role of parents are characterised by their external perspective and can influence the decision for or against having children. Therefore, this article examines how childless people perceive parenthood,...

Using experiences from the financial crisis, this paper investigates the extent to which subjective socioeconomic insecurity among Germans has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war. I analyse how...

This article investigates how and why advocacy organisations adapt to social diversification. Advocacy organisations play a key role in the formation and articulation of interests as well as their aggregation in political claims. But whose interests...

The majority of university students in Germany have to work to earn a living. The closure of universities and the loss of many typical student jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic particularly affected their situation. We collected data on the...

This discussion paper examines the arguments put forward in the article 'Regressions, relations, and the independence of the independent variables. On the Bourdieuian critique of regression analysis’ published in this issue. Against this...

The article by Sonntag and Balzer (2024) discusses the question of which statistical methods should be used for the empirical testing of Pierre Bourdieu's social theory. The two authors argue for the consideration of regression analytical methods...

This discussion paper examines the arguments put forward in the article 'Regressions, relations, and the independence of the independent variables. On the Bourdieuian critique of regression analysis’ published in this issue. Against this...

This discussion paper examines the arguments put forward in the article 'Regressions, relations, and the independence of the independent variables. On the Bourdieuian critique of regression analysis’ published in this issue. Against this...

Pierre Bourdieu formulated a critique of regression analysis that remains influential in methodological discussions in sociology. At its core, the critique states that it improperly disaggregates the interrelations in a social field. Our aim is to...