Is the good life the easy life?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-162

  Scollon, Christie Napa ^a   King, Laura A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 8744267124     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SOCI.0000025590.44950.d1     Document Type: Article

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