Developing a measure of community well-being based on perceptions of impact in various life domains

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-311

  Sirgy, M Joseph ^a   Widgery, Robin N ^b   Lee, Dong Jin ^c   Yu, Grace B ^c  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b Social Systems Research Institute   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Measure of community quality of life; Measure of community well being; Measure of perceived quality of community life; Subjective indicators of community well being; Subjective indicators of quality of community life

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

FLINT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950338791     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9479-9     Document Type: Article

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