Trajectory of Life Satisfaction and its Relationship with Subjective Economic Status and Successful Aging

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 455-468

  Hsu, Hui Chuan ^a  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Economic status; Hierarchical linear models; Life satisfaction; Successful aging; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MODELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78649316857     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9593-8     Document Type: Article

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