Counting Happiness from the Individual Level to the Group Level

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 621-637

  Beja Jr , Edsel L ^a   Yap, David B ^b  

^a ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b Asian Institute of Management   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Counting; Group; Happiness; Individual

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SOCIAL POLICY;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84884974631     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0165-y     Document Type: Article

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