Intergenerational quality of life 2014 - Diversity between urban and rural areas (OA edition)

Full edition for public use. In sociology, diversity is a concept, which emphasizes the differentiation and acknowledgement of group as well as individual characteristics. A generation is usually defined as sequences of birth cohorts. Each generation shares certain experiences, values and attitudes. Hence, intergenerational diversity can be characterized by socio-structural and cultural change as well as by changes in individual life events and historical backgrounds. Quality of life subsumes objective, subjective, individual and collective perspectives as well as material and non-material aspects, like for instance physical and emotional health, social interactions, environment and general living conditions. Diversity due to the spatial dimension is captured with a system of urban-rural typologies. Furthermore, the three classes of different population densities (sparsely, less densely and densely) are expanded by three generations (16-34, 35-64 and older than 65) to a 3x3 matrix to analyze intergenerational regional diversity. Specifically, the interviews focused on infrastructural aspects such as availability of medical care, personal contacts, social integration as well as general health and quality of life.

面向公众使用的完整版。在社会学领域中，多样性（diversity）是一个强调群体与个体特征分化与认可的概念。世代（generation）通常被定义为出生队列的序列，每一世代共享特定的经历、价值观与态度。因此，代际多样性（intergenerational diversity）可通过社会结构与文化变迁，以及个体人生事件与历史背景的变化来体现其特征。生活质量（Quality of life）涵盖客观、主观、个体与集体视角，以及物质与非物质维度，例如身心健康、社会互动、生活环境与整体生活状况。空间维度的多样性通过城乡类型学体系予以刻画。此外，将三类人口密度等级（低密度、中低密度、高密度）与三代人群（16-34岁、35-64岁、65岁以上）结合，构建3×3矩阵以分析代际区域多样性。具体而言，本次访谈聚焦于基础设施相关维度，包括医疗服务可及性、人际联系、社会融合，以及整体健康状况与生活质量。