Life satisfaction among university students in a Canadian prairie city: A multivariate analysis

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-150

  Chow, Henry P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; STUDENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; REGINA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22844447272     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-004-7526-0     Document Type: Article

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