The importance of social circumstances for Swedish women's subjective wellbeing

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-36

  Bergman, Lars R ^a   Daukantaite, Daiva ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Social circumstances; Subjective wellbeing; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645962518     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2006.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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