The effects of ethnicity and leisure satisfaction on happiness, peacefulness, and quality of life

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-99

  Spiers, Andrew ^a   Walker, Gordon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese; Ethnicity; Happiness; Leisure; Quality of life; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; ETHNICITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 58049204434     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400802558277     Document Type: Article

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