Use of other-reports to validate subjective well-being measures

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-379

  Lepper, Heidi S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAPPINESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS; SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING;

EID: 0031871826     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006872027638     Document Type: Article

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