Happy to help? Exploring the gactors associated with variations in rates of volunteering across Europe

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-176

  Plagnol, Anke C ^a   Huppert, Felicia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eudaimonic measures; European social survey; Hedonic measures; Subjective well being; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EUROPE;

EID: 77951975229     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9494-x     Document Type: Article

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