Well-being and social capital on planet earth: Cross-national evidence from 142 countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Calvo, Rocío ^a,b   Zheng, Yuhui ^b   Kumar, Santosh ^c   Olgiati, Analia ^b   Berkman, Lisa ^b,d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL TRUST; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST; VOLUNTEER; WELLBEING;

EARTH (PLANET); HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84865054093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042793     Document Type: Article

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