Stability and Sensitivity in Perceived Quality of Life Measures: Some Panel Results
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Quality of life; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Stability of measures; Sensitivity of measures; Job satisfaction; Marital satisfaction; Multiple discrepancies theory;All these keywords.
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