Financial satisfaction in old age: A satisfaction paradox or a result of accumulated wealth?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-347

  Hansen, Thomas ^a   Slagsvold, Britt ^a   Moum, Torbjørn ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Assets; Debt; Financial satisfaction; Income; Norway; Satisfaction paradox

Indexed keywords

DEBT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INCOME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 53149144712     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9234-z     Document Type: Article

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