For Whom Money Matters Less: Social Connectedness as a Resilience Resource in the UK

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 509-535

  Richards, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectedness; Income; Life satisfaction; Money happiness; Resilience; Social capital

Indexed keywords

INCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84953354534     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0858-5     Document Type: Article

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