Sylvia Keim-Klärner
Biographic Data
| ID | 185053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylvia Keim-Klärner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylvia |
| FAMILY NAME | Keim-Klärner |
| SIGNATURE | KEIM-KLÄRNER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5221-5535 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Usually, I Do Not Quarrel
In a mixed-methods study on poverty in Germany, we conducted qualitative interviews and collected quantitative data on ego-centered networks using a name-generator approach and a single set of respondents. Based on the qualitative data, we first developed a typology of negative ties and then evaluated which of these ties the name generator (on conflicts) had measured. To some extent, the conflict name-generator (CNG) captured the complexity of th…
How Do Single Mothers Evaluate and Cope with Living in Rural Peripheries? Insights into the Interplay of Social and Spatial Disadvantage
When social and spatial disadvantages meet, are they doubled? Empirical studies have convincingly demonstrated that disadvantages tend to accumulate. Our paper advances this scholarship by focusing on the under-researched issue of social positions, subjective perspectives, and agency among single mothers in rural peripheries characterized by weak labor markets and accessibility issues. Drawing from problem-centered interviews conducted in eastern…
The Mobility Interview
This article presents a mixed-methods research protocol suitable for studying everyday mobility and its effects on life chances for a wide range of populations. We argue that it can address, among other issues, two important methodological challenges in the study of mobility: addressing pre-reflexivity and habits, as well as differentiating between voluntary and forced movements. The research protocol combines a problem-centered interview, two we…
Disadvantaged and Disadvantaging Regions
Regional peripheralisation has been repeatedly described as a process resulting in the combination of regional structural and social disadvantage. In theory, peripheries are characterised by the interdependence of these two types of disadvantage. Few studies have examined this interdependence in rural peripheries across several countries. In this study, we operationalise rural peripherality combining poor opportunity structures that constrain the…
Regional opportunity structures
This paper introduces and discusses regional opportunity structures as a concept for analysing the interlinkages between structural conditions in space, social inequalities, and people’s agency, with a focus on non-metropolitan areas. The concept adds value in the following ways: (1) it emphasises the regional scale as an important spatial context of access to opportunities; (2) it accounts for the complexity of the regional context, which provid…
Tie strength and family formation
On the basis of the analysis of qualitative interviews in Western Germany, it has been argued that personal relationships have a strong impact on individuals' family formation processes and childbearing intentions. Persons who influence individuals' childbearing choices were identified. Strong ties, such as among core family members (i.e., parents and siblings), are an important contributing factor, but the authors are also able to show that weak…
Social Networks and Family Formation Processes
Social Networks and Fertility Decision
Bildungsverlierer – eine (neue) Randgruppe?
Schon Mitte der 1990er Jahre hatte Claus Offe (1994) vorgeschlagen, zur Analyse von Ungleichheiten in zeitgenössisch-kapitalistischen (Arbeits-) Gesellschaften die Unter schei dung von Gewinnern, Verlierern und Überflüssigen zu verwenden: Während sowohl Ge win ner wie auch Verlierer „gebraucht“ werden und daher am „Spiel“ um Erfolg im Bildungssystem und auf Arbeits- bzw. Gütermärkten teilnehmen dürfen (und müssen), können diejenigen als „Überflüs…
Qualifying Social Influence on Fertility Intentions
Although the relevance of social interactions or social networks for fertility research has been increasingly acknowledged in recent years, little is known about the channels and mechanisms of social influences on individuals' fertility decision-making. Drawing on problem-centred interviews and network data collected among young adults in western Germany, the authors show that qualitative methods broaden our understanding of social and contextual…
Social Influences on Fertility
This article uses a mixed methods design to investigate the effects of social influence on family formation in a sample of eastern and western German young adults at an early stage of their family formation. Theoretical propositions on the importance of informal interaction for fertility and family behavior are still rarely supported by systematic empirical evidence. Major problems are the correct identification of salient relationships and the c…
Freunde, Familie und das eigene Leben. Zum Einfluss sozialer Netzwerke auf die Lebens- und Familienplanung junger Erwachsener in Lübeck und Rostock
Der Lebenslauf von Individuen wird durch den unmittelbaren sozialen Kontext der Freunde, Verwandten, Bekannten und Kollegen entscheidend geprägt. Zwischen der Makroebene der Gesellschaft und der Mikroebene des einzelnen Akteurs gelegen, stellt die Ebene des Netzwerks persönlicher Kontakte und Beziehungen eine besondere Herausforderung für die empirische Lebenslaufforschung dar. Dabei ist davon auszugehen, dass gerade diese alltäglichen Kommunikat…
Regional opportunity structures
This paper introduces and discusses regional opportunity structures as a concept for analysing the interlinkages between structural conditions in space, social inequalities, and people’s agency, with a focus on non-metropolitan areas. The concept adds value in the following ways: (1) it emphasises the regional scale as an important spatial context of access to opportunities; (2) it accounts for the complexity of the regional context, which provid…
Social Influences on Fertility
This article uses a mixed methods design to investigate the effects of social influence on family formation in a sample of eastern and western German young adults at an early stage of their family formation. Theoretical propositions on the importance of informal interaction for fertility and family behavior are still rarely supported by systematic empirical evidence. Major problems are the correct identification of salient relationships and the c…
Qualifying Social Influence on Fertility Intentions
Although the relevance of social interactions or social networks for fertility research has been increasingly acknowledged in recent years, little is known about the channels and mechanisms of social influences on individuals' fertility decision-making. Drawing on problem-centred interviews and network data collected among young adults in western Germany, the authors show that qualitative methods broaden our understanding of social and contextual…
Disadvantaged and Disadvantaging Regions
Regional peripheralisation has been repeatedly described as a process resulting in the combination of regional structural and social disadvantage. In theory, peripheries are characterised by the interdependence of these two types of disadvantage. Few studies have examined this interdependence in rural peripheries across several countries. In this study, we operationalise rural peripherality combining poor opportunity structures that constrain the…
Freunde, Familie und das eigene Leben. Zum Einfluss sozialer Netzwerke auf die Lebens- und Familienplanung junger Erwachsener in Lübeck und Rostock
Der Lebenslauf von Individuen wird durch den unmittelbaren sozialen Kontext der Freunde, Verwandten, Bekannten und Kollegen entscheidend geprägt. Zwischen der Makroebene der Gesellschaft und der Mikroebene des einzelnen Akteurs gelegen, stellt die Ebene des Netzwerks persönlicher Kontakte und Beziehungen eine besondere Herausforderung für die empirische Lebenslaufforschung dar. Dabei ist davon auszugehen, dass gerade diese alltäglichen Kommunikat…
Social Influences on Fertility
This article uses a mixed methods design to investigate the effects of social influence on family formation in a sample of eastern and western German young adults at an early stage of their family formation. Theoretical propositions on the importance of informal interaction for fertility and family behavior are still rarely supported by systematic empirical evidence. Major problems are the correct identification of salient relationships and the c…
Qualifying Social Influence on Fertility Intentions
Although the relevance of social interactions or social networks for fertility research has been increasingly acknowledged in recent years, little is known about the channels and mechanisms of social influences on individuals' fertility decision-making. Drawing on problem-centred interviews and network data collected among young adults in western Germany, the authors show that qualitative methods broaden our understanding of social and contextual…
Bildungsverlierer – eine (neue) Randgruppe?
Schon Mitte der 1990er Jahre hatte Claus Offe (1994) vorgeschlagen, zur Analyse von Ungleichheiten in zeitgenössisch-kapitalistischen (Arbeits-) Gesellschaften die Unter schei dung von Gewinnern, Verlierern und Überflüssigen zu verwenden: Während sowohl Ge win ner wie auch Verlierer „gebraucht“ werden und daher am „Spiel“ um Erfolg im Bildungssystem und auf Arbeits- bzw. Gütermärkten teilnehmen dürfen (und müssen), können diejenigen als „Überflüs…
Social Networks and Family Formation Processes
Social Networks and Fertility Decision
Tie strength and family formation
On the basis of the analysis of qualitative interviews in Western Germany, it has been argued that personal relationships have a strong impact on individuals' family formation processes and childbearing intentions. Persons who influence individuals' childbearing choices were identified. Strong ties, such as among core family members (i.e., parents and siblings), are an important contributing factor, but the authors are also able to show that weak…
Regional opportunity structures
This paper introduces and discusses regional opportunity structures as a concept for analysing the interlinkages between structural conditions in space, social inequalities, and people’s agency, with a focus on non-metropolitan areas. The concept adds value in the following ways: (1) it emphasises the regional scale as an important spatial context of access to opportunities; (2) it accounts for the complexity of the regional context, which provid…
Disadvantaged and Disadvantaging Regions
Regional peripheralisation has been repeatedly described as a process resulting in the combination of regional structural and social disadvantage. In theory, peripheries are characterised by the interdependence of these two types of disadvantage. Few studies have examined this interdependence in rural peripheries across several countries. In this study, we operationalise rural peripherality combining poor opportunity structures that constrain the…
The Mobility Interview
This article presents a mixed-methods research protocol suitable for studying everyday mobility and its effects on life chances for a wide range of populations. We argue that it can address, among other issues, two important methodological challenges in the study of mobility: addressing pre-reflexivity and habits, as well as differentiating between voluntary and forced movements. The research protocol combines a problem-centered interview, two we…
Usually, I Do Not Quarrel
In a mixed-methods study on poverty in Germany, we conducted qualitative interviews and collected quantitative data on ego-centered networks using a name-generator approach and a single set of respondents. Based on the qualitative data, we first developed a typology of negative ties and then evaluated which of these ties the name generator (on conflicts) had measured. To some extent, the conflict name-generator (CNG) captured the complexity of th…
How Do Single Mothers Evaluate and Cope with Living in Rural Peripheries? Insights into the Interplay of Social and Spatial Disadvantage
When social and spatial disadvantages meet, are they doubled? Empirical studies have convincingly demonstrated that disadvantages tend to accumulate. Our paper advances this scholarship by focusing on the under-researched issue of social positions, subjective perspectives, and agency among single mothers in rural peripheries characterized by weak labor markets and accessibility issues. Drawing from problem-centered interviews conducted in eastern…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Social Capital and Networks (4 works) · Economic geography (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works)