Social Capital and Subjective Wellbeing in Europe: A New Approach on Social Capital

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 493-511

  Portela, Marta ^a   Neira, Isabel ^a   Salinas Jiménez, Maria del Mar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Networks; Norms; Social capital; Trust; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84884978989     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0158-x     Document Type: Article

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