Measuring the impact of major life events upon happiness

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1244-1252

  Ballas, Dimitris ^a   Dorling, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British household panel survey; Happiness; Major life events; Well being

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL POLICY;

ARTICLE; DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HAPPINESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; PARENTHOOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36949039990     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym182     Document Type: Article

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