Life satisfaction among children in different family structures: A comparative study of 36 western societies

Children and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-62

  Bjarnason, Thoroddur ^a   Bendtsen, Pernille ^b   Arnarsson, Arsaell M ^a   Borup, Ina ^c   Iannotti, Ronald J ^d   Löfstedt, Petra ^e   Haapasalo, Ilona ^f   Niclasen, Birgit ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GREENLAND   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Health and well being; International childhoods; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155178133     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2010.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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