["As long as you're healthy and have your husband". An empirical analysis of the personal well-being of 75-year olds in Flanders]. / "Zolang ge maar gezond zijt en uwe man nog hebt". Een empirische analyse van de welzijnservaring van 75-jarige Vlamingen.

Using data from a 2002 representative survey of Flemish 75-year olds (N = 1457), the aim of the present study is to identify the structures in and causes of subjective well-being. The analyses reveal the great importance of good health. Respondents with a good physical and mental condition, who have a great deal of functional mobility and independence, do feel much better. Secondly, findings indicate that respondents who faced the loss of their partner, experience lower well-being. This explains the found gender differences. Women have lower perceived quality of life, mainly because of their greater susceptibility to widowhood. Furthermore, missing the former job and work role also contributes to lower levels of well-being. Finally, respondents who can cope financially, who feel satisfied with their social contacts and who spend their time in an active way, have higher personal well-being.

"Zolang ge maar gezond zijt en uwe man nog hebt" : Een empirische analyse van de welzijnservaring van 75-jarige Vlamingen.

As long as you're healthy and have your husband". An empirical analysis of the personal well-being of 75-year olds in Flanders.Using data from a 2002 representative survey of Flemish 75-year olds (N=1457), the aim of the present study is to identify the structures in and causes of subjective well-being. The analyses reveal the great importance of good health. Respondents with a good physical and mental condition, who have a great deal of functional mobility and independence, do feel much better. Secondly, findings indicate that respondents who faced the loss of their partner, experience lower well-being. This explains the found gender differences. Women have lower perceived quality of life, mainly because of their greater susceptibility to widowhood. Furthermore, missing the former job and work role also contributes to lower levels of well-being. Finally, respondents who can cope financially, who feel satisfied with their social contacts and who spend their time in an active way, have higher personal well-being.

[Time, cultures, and coexistence]. / Temps, cultures et coexistence.

"In this essay, the authors try to illustrate the relevance of the sociology of time for the study of migration and inter-cultural relations. It is argued that by taking the time-dimension more explicitly into account, our insights in the dynamics of these relations can be [improved].... In connection with international migration processes, this relationship appears to be influenced by at least six different factors: 1) the sudden transition from a rural to an urban, industrial environment; 2) the perspective of the return to the homeland; 3) the confrontation with the culture of the host country and with other migrants' cultures; 4) the religious, ideological and political developments in the homeland; 5) the reactions of the host country and the problems these create; 6) the minority position of the migrants." (SUMMARY IN ENG)