Your house, your car, your education: The socioeconomic situation of the neighborhood and its impact on life satisfaction in Germany

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 497-513

  Dittmann, Joerg ^a   Goebel, Jan ^b  

^a Institute for Social Work and Social Education (ISS)   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

GERMANY;

EID: 77950338576     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9489-7     Document Type: Article

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