Measuring the quality of life and the construction of social indicators

Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 201-238

  Maggino, Filomena ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2421-1_10     Document Type: Chapter

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