Housing well-being: Developing and validating a measure

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 503-541

  Grzeskowiak, Stephan ^a   Sirgy, M Joseph ^b   Lee, Dong Jin ^c   Claiborne, C B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^c Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Marketing   (South Korea)

^d TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing and quality of life; Housing satisfaction; Housing well being; Perceived quality of life impact of home; Residential satisfaction; Residential well being

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 33750725445     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-5667-4     Document Type: Article

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