Social inequalities in happiness in the United States, 1972 to 2004: An age-period-cohort analysis

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-226

  Yang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MODELING; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49249093277     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300202     Document Type: Article

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