Life Goals and Well-Being: Does Financial Status Matter? Evidence from a Representative Hungarian Sample

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 561-568

  Martos, Tamás ^a,b   Kopp, Mária S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Extrinsic and intrinsic life goals; Financial status; Hungary; Meaning in life; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

INCOME; LIFESTYLE; PSYCHOLOGY; SAVINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

HUNGARY;

EID: 84855350574     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9788-7     Document Type: Article

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