A Multilevel Analysis of the Compositional and Contextual Association of Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being in Seoul, South Korea

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-202

  Han, Sehee ^a   Kim, Heaseung ^a   Lee, Hee Sun ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multilevel analysis; Seoul; Social capital; South Korea; Subjective life satisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; PANEL DATA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84873411972     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9990-7     Document Type: Article

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