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Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Prologue: The Development and Evolution of Research on Social Indicators and Quality of Life (QOL)
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    Chapter 2 The Good Life: Eighth Century to Third Century BCE
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    Chapter 3 Happiness: Also Known as “Life Satisfaction” and “Subjective Well-Being”
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    Chapter 4 Subjective Wellbeing Homeostasis
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    Chapter 5 Positive Psychology and the Quality of Life
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    Chapter 6 Modern Economic Growth and Quality of Life: Cross-Sectional and Time Series Evidence
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    Chapter 7 National Accounts of Well-Being
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    Chapter 8 Time Use as a Social Indicator
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    Chapter 9 Issues in Composite Index Construction: The Measurement of Overall Quality of Life
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    Chapter 10 Measuring the Quality of Life and the Construction of Social Indicators
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    Chapter 11 Quality of Life Well-Being in General Medicine, Mental Health and Coaching
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    Chapter 12 Education and Quality of Life
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    Chapter 13 Review of Research Related to Quality of Work Life (QWL) Programs
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    Chapter 14 Spirituality, Religiosity, and Subjective Quality of Life
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    Chapter 15 Consumer Well-Being (CWB): Various Conceptualizations and Measures
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    Chapter 16 Perceived Quality of Life of Children and Youth
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    Chapter 17 The Quality of Life of Adults
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    Chapter 18 Cross-National Comparisons of Quality of Life in Developed Nations, Including the Impact of Globalization
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    Chapter 19 Quality of Life in Developing Countries
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    Chapter 20 Economies in Transition: Revisiting Challenges to Quality of Life
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    Chapter 21 Quality of Life in Australia
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    Chapter 22 Quality of Life in East Asia: The Case of Hong Kong
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    Chapter 23 The Quality of Life of Muslim Populations: The Case of Algeria
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    Chapter 24 Quality of Life in Latin America and the Caribbean
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    Chapter 25 Quality of Life in Argentina
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    Chapter 26 “Failed” and “Failing” States: Is Quality of Life Possible?
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Title
Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research
Published by
Springer Netherlands, January 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2421-1
ISBNs
978-9-40-072420-4, 978-9-40-072421-1
Authors

DAVERN, MELANIE

Editors

Kenneth C. Land, Alex C. Michalos, M. Joseph Sirgy

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 <1%
France 2 <1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Malaysia 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Other 5 <1%
Unknown 593 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 90 15%
Student > Master 77 13%
Student > Bachelor 67 11%
Researcher 43 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 38 6%
Other 128 21%
Unknown 167 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 110 18%
Psychology 99 16%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 44 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 40 7%
Arts and Humanities 21 3%
Other 114 19%
Unknown 182 30%