Education and the Subjective Quality of Life

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-297

  Ross, Catherine E ^a   Van Willigen, Marieke ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0031229158     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2955371     Document Type: Article

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