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Subjective Well-Being over the Life Course: Conceptualizations and Evaluations
- Social Research: An International Quarterly
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 77, Number 2, Summer 2010
- pp. 749-768
- 10.1353/sor.2010.0067
- Article
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How does subjective well-being change over the life course and what concepts do people draw upon when they answer questions about their well-being? Does well-being indeed change or are people endowed with a set level of happiness around which their well-being fluctuates? These are some of the questions this paper will address with a focus on three domains of life: family, work, and health.