Influence of Prudential Value on the Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Urban-Rural Residents

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1249-1267

  Liang, Ying ^a   Wang, Peigang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Prudential value; Subjective well being; Urban and rural residents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905227515     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0471-z     Document Type: Article

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