Economic, social, and cultural determinants of life satisfaction: Are there differences between Asia and Europe?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-104

  Jagodzinski, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asia; Culture; Europe; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Multi level analysis; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ETHICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 77951976115     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9555-1     Document Type: Article

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