Religiosity, economics and life satisfaction

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-261

  Greene, Kenneth V ^a   Yoon, Bong Joon ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Euro barometer survey; Ordered logit model; Religious phenomena; Self perceived satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042586627     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760410001684460     Document Type: Article

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