Cross-national insights into the relationship between wealth and wellbeing: A comparison between Australia, the United States of America and South Korea

Ageing and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-59

  Kim, Sarang ^a   Sargent Cox, Kerry A ^a   French, Davina J ^a   Kendig, Hal ^b   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; cross national; health; Korea; older adults; subjective wellbeing; USA; wealth satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83555163825     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X11000080     Document Type: Article

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