The relative importance of health, income and social relations for subjective well-being: An integrative analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue , 2016, Pages 176-185

  Lamu, Admassu N ^a   Olsen, Jan Abel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

HRQoL; Quantile regression; Shapley value; Six OECD Countries; Social relationships; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; OECD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EUROPE; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957096748     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.046     Document Type: Article

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