Personal well-being in Urban China

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-251

  Smyth, Russell ^a   Nielsen, Ingrid ^a   Zhai, Qingguo ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LIAONING SHIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Personal wellbeing index; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

HOMEOSTASIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIVING STANDARD; SOCIAL INDICATOR; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; MACAU; SHANDONG;

EID: 73449089050     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9457-2     Document Type: Article

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