Making the best of a bad situation: Satisfaction in the slums of Calcutta

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-352

  Biswas Diener, Robert ^a   Diener, Ed ^b  

^a Pacific University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Income; India; Life satisfaction; Positive psychology; Poverty; Quality of life; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

INDIA;

EID: 0034857379     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010905029386     Document Type: Article

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