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Guven, Cahit; Sorensen, Bent E. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
Using data from the US General Social Survey 1972-2004, we study the role of perceptions and status in self-reported happiness. Reference group income negatively relates to own happiness and high perceptions about own relative income, quality of dwelling, and social class relate positively and very significantly to happiness. Perceptions about…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Housing, Social Class
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Olafsdottir, Sigrun – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2007
Research has established that those with higher social status have better health. Less is known about whether this relationship differs cross-nationally and whether it operates similarly across different institutional arrangements. To examine the relationship between stratification and health, two Western, industrialized societies at opposite ends…
Descriptors: Social Status, Marital Status, Student Attitudes, Living Standards