Temporal aspects of life satisfaction

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 511-533

  Eriksson, Lina ^a   Rice, James Mahmud ^a   Goodin, Robert E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discretionary time; Happiness; Leisure satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Spare time; Time use

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

EID: 33947674694     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-0005-z     Document Type: Article

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