Category: LISS panel
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The Unique Appeal of the Far Right Among Young Men: Exploring the Role of Status Threat
In recent years, far-right parties have gained ground across Europe, attracting young men more than women or older men. While mainstream right-wing parties often adopt similar positions, the far right appears to hold a unique appeal. We argue this stems from status threat: the perception that traditional male advantages are eroding. To test this, we…
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Socioeconomic Pathways to Obesity: Linking Supermarket Shopping Behavior to BMI Using LISS Panel and Data Donations
This project investigates how supermarket shopping habits are linked to differences in weight and health between households in the Netherlands. We know that people with lower income or education are more likely to experience overweight, but we still do not fully understand why. One explanation is that families differ in the types of food they…
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Perceptions and preferences for taxes on wealth, capital gains, and inter-generational transfers
Who should pay higher taxes: people who earn a lot, or people who own a lot? We know a great deal about how people think about labor income taxation, but surprisingly little about their views on wealth and inheritance taxes. This knowledge gap is striking because wealth is much more unequally distributed than income and…
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Seeing Discrimination Differently: Examining Situational and Group Differences in Attributions
Ethno-racial discrimination remains a persistent challenge, yet public debates reveal sharp differences in what is considered to be discriminatory. When bystanders fail to recognize discrimination, it persists through inaction and limited support for structural remedies. This project studies how potential bystanders in the Netherlands interpret everyday incidents in streets, restaurants, and public transport—contexts that have…
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Course and correlates of mental health outcomes in Dutch bereaved people
Losing a close person is one of the most common stressful life experiences. While most people gradually adapt to the loss, some continue to experience disabling grief reactions. This condition, known as prolonged grief disorder (PGD), involves persistent longing and preoccupation with the deceased for ≥12 months post-loss. This study aims to estimate the prevalence…
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LISS panel Grant 2024 results
We are delighted to announce the results of the LISS panel grant call 2024. In total, we have received 32 applications, of which we were able to grant nine projects. The interdisciplinary review committee evaluated the applications and ranked them according to the four evaluation criteria, as mentioned in the call for proposals.
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Improving Diagnosis of Memory Decline by assessing the effects of Age, Education and Socio-Economic Status on Forgetting
Assessing long-term memory function is crucial for diagnosis and treatment in a wide range of clinical cases, including the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. In order to effectively assess memory abnormalities in clinical populations, it is crucial to collect normative data from a representative sample of individuals in the Netherlands. This project uses a newly…
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Measuring Uncertainty Perception in the Health Domain
When people perceive more uncertainty about the risks they face, they may, somewhat counterintuitively, do less in terms of prevention effort. For instance, being unsure about the health risks they face, they may fail to adopt healthy behavior. In this project, we measure people’s uncertainty perception about their health care expenditures and test how personalized…
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Cognitive strengths and deficits in adverse conditions: A balanced view
The dominant view in the social sciences is that, on average, exposure to adversity impairs cognitive abilities, such as planning, goal-directed behavior, and self-control. This view, however, is incomplete: people might also develop intact, or even enhanced, abilities for solving challenges in adverse conditions. Understanding these abilities is critical to close achievement gaps in education…
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Impact of changing macro-conditions on social norms and sustainable health behaviors in the Netherlands
Increased visibility of the climate crisis, high food and energy prices and loss of purchasing power are external factors impacting society. They also reflect the upcoming transitions in our food system, energy system and mobility system needed to move towards a sustainable society. These transitions are closely linked to sustainable health behaviors, through the food…