The relationship between parent's subjective well-being and the life satisfaction of their children in Britain

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 631-650

  Clair, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Children; Parents; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869485393     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-012-9139-5     Document Type: Article

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