The Best and Worst Times of Life for South Africans: Evidence of Universal Reference Standards in Evaluations of Personal Well-Being Using Bernheim’s ACSA
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Anamnestic Comparative Self-Assessment (ACSA); Self-anchoring scales; South African quality-of-life domains; Reference standards; Life course;All these keywords.
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