National Income and Income Inequality, Family Affluence and Life Satisfaction Among 13 year Old Boys and Girls: A Multilevel Study in 35 Countries

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-194

  Levin, Kate Ann ^a   Torsheim, Torbjorn ^b   Vollebergh, Wilma ^c   Richter, Matthias ^d   Davies, Carolyn A ^e   Schnohr, Christina W ^f   Due, Pernille ^g   Currie, Candace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Life satisfaction; National income; Socioeconomic inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 80053340499     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9747-8     Document Type: Article

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