Acting for happiness: Financial behavior and life satisfaction of college students

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-68

  Xiao, Jing Jian ^a   Tang, Chuanyi ^b   Shim, Soyeon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic satisfaction; Financial behavior; Financial satisfaction; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; MODELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64249114574     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9288-6     Document Type: Article

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