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The results described in this book were obtained by means of a large-scale survey across the whole of Belgium. This survey was funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) and was entitled MEQIN, an acronym that stands for “Measuring Equivalent Incomes”. When you read this book, it will become clear why we chose this strange name for the study. In the MEQIN project, we wanted to gather information not only about the different dimensions of life that are important for individual well-being, but also about the importance that Belgians attach to these dimensions. As we already stated at the end of the previous chapter, we wish to take into account the fact that people can have different views on what is important in their own lives.
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The fieldwork was carried out by Kantar Belgium in the period from February to July 2016.
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We are aware that the social scientific literature distinguishes between the concepts of family and household. However, this is much less the case in everyday language. We have chosen to follow common parlance and use the term “family” everywhere in this book.
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The distinction between adults and children for this survey was based on age. Adults are all family members who had reached the age of 18 at the time of the interview.
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Following the Belgian Privacy Commission’s decision, we asked the participants in our questionnaire for their permission to use this information once the health questions section of the verbal questionnaire had been processed.
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Capéau, B. et al. (2020). Why This Book?. In: Well-being in Belgium. Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58509-9_2
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