Life satisfaction among low-income rural youth from Appalachia

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-459

  Wilson, Stephan M ^a   Henry, Carolyn S ^b   Peterson, Gary W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL AREA; SELF ESTEEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031214742     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1997.0099     Document Type: Article

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