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Multi‐Local Living Arrangements: Approaches to Quantification in German Language Official Statistics and Surveys
Author(s) -
DittrichWesbuer Andrea,
Kramer Caroline,
DuchêneLacroix Cédric,
Rumpolt Peter
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/tesg.12160
Subject(s) - german , official statistics , phenomenon , politics , regional science , sampling frame , frame (networking) , geography , survey data collection , political science , sociology , econometrics , statistics , computer science , epistemology , economics , population , mathematics , law , demography , telecommunications , philosophy , archaeology
Quantification of multi‐local forms of living has been an urgent need expressed by science, planning, and politics. In the present paper, this aim is pursued by analysing sources of official statistics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The available data sources turn out to differ in the three countries as regards content‐related accuracy and depth as well as spatio‐temporal differentiation. This forms the frame for discussing conceptual and methodological implications for future survey and evaluation practices and for pointing out both the problems and the prospects of quantifying this phenomenon.