Estimating the Reliability of Single-Item Life Satisfaction Measures: Results from Four National Panel Studies

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-331

  Lucas, Richard E ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Longitudinal analyses; Measurement; Panel studies; Reliability; STARTS model

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855328610     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9783-z     Document Type: Article

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