Empirical Research on Factors Related to the Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Urban Residents

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-459

  Wang, Peigang ^a   VanderWeele, Tyler J ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic factors; Relative deprivation; Subjective well being; Urban China

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

CHINA;

EID: 79953239188     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9663-y     Document Type: Article

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