Happiness, also known as "Life satisfaction" and "Subjective well-being"

Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 63-77

  Veenhoven, Ruut ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2421-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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