Satisfied Residents in different types of local Areas: Measuring what’s most important

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-101

  McCrea, Rod ^a   Shyy, Tung Kai ^b   Stimson, Robert J ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice; Community; Neighborhood; Neighbourhood; Preference; Satisfaction; Suburban; Urban

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN SOCIETY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84920379258     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0406-8     Document Type: Article

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