How social relations and structures can produce happiness and unhappiness: An international comparative analysis

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-216

  Haller, Max ^a,b   Hadler, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Happiness; International comparison; Life satisfication; Social institutions; Social structure; Social structure and happiness

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 33644798983     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-004-6297-y     Document Type: Review

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