Perceptions of life quality among the Korean mass public: Unraveling their dynamics and standards

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-286

  Park, Chong Min ^a   Shin, Doh C ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD OF LIVING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 22844449296     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-004-1540-0     Document Type: Article

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