Education and life satisfaction : perception or reality?
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Wellbeing; educational quality perceptions; educational outcomes;All these keywords.
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- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
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