Regional Factors Affecting the Satisfaction of Residents: Evidence from a Structural Equation Model in Japan

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 483-497

  Kunimitsu, Yoji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL ENGINEERING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic revitalization; Ordered probit model; Social capital; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943589108     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0600-3     Document Type: Article

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