Public sector employment, relative deprivation and happiness in adult urban Chinese employees

Health Promotion International

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 477-486

  Hu, Anning ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

mental health promotion; urban China

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; ARTICLE; MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; URBAN CHINA;

ADULT; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POVERTY; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION; URBAN CHINA;

EID: 84882329937     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/das028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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