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Coverdill, James E.; Lopez, Carlos A.; Petrie, Michelle A. – Social Forces, 2011
We extend research on black-white gaps in the subjective quality of life by exploring recent General Social Survey data, focusing attention on Latinos, and probing the value of partial proportional odds models for ordinal quality-of-life measures. Results indicate a declining but discernable black-white gap for four measures--marital happiness,…
Descriptors: Health, Quality of Life, Marriage Counseling, Psychological Patterns
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Robinson, John P. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Despite clear evidence that Americans' economic standard of living has improved over the last half-century in terms of income, ownership of technology and housing among other indicators, there is scant evidence from non-economic quality-of-life (QOL) indicators of improved life quality to parallel these economic gains. The present article adds to…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Art Activities, Living Standards, Citizen Participation