The personal and the political: Israelis' perception of well-being in times of war and peace

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-365

  Landau, Simha F ^a   Beit Hallahmi, Benjamin ^b   Levy, Shlomit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAPPINESS; HEALTH WORRY; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0031850271     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006885502825     Document Type: Article

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