Fulfilment of basic needs from a subjective point of view in rural Guatemala

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-403

  Guardiola, Jorge ^a   García Muñoz, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basic needs; Guatemala; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052499604     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2010.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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