Personal Wellbeing Index in a National Cohort of 87,134 Thai Adults

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-215

  Yiengprugsawan, V ^a   Seubsman, S ^a   Khamman, S ^a   Lim, L L Y ^a   Sleigh, A C ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Open university cohort; Personal wellbeing index; Subjective wellbeing; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; LIVING STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

THAILAND;

THAIS;

EID: 77955842553     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9542-6     Document Type: Article

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