Subjective well-being among young people in transition to adulthood

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-109

  Trzcinski, Eileen ^a   Holst, Elke ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early adulthood; Intergenerational life satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; PANEL DATA;

GERMANY;

EID: 57749143510     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9160-0     Document Type: Article

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