Users Beware: Variable Effects of Parenthood on Happiness Within and Across International Datasets

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 945-961

  Andersson, Matthew A ^a   Glass, Jennifer ^b   Simon, Robin W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; European social survey; Happiness; International social survey programme; Parenthood; Reliability testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893911486     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0244-8     Document Type: Article

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