Allocating time to people and pets: Correlates with income and well-being in a midwest community sample

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 541-552

  Staats, Sara ^a   Horner, Karen ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041777951     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989909599761     Document Type: Article

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