Do older and younger people differ in their reported well-being? A national survey of adults in Britain
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Do older and younger people differ in their reported well-being? A national survey of adults in Britain
AIM To document population perceptions of well-being and predictors of self-assessed well-being. METHODS National face-to-face interview survey of adults aged ≥16 years, conducted by the Office for National Statistics for their Omnibus Survey in Britain (response 58%; 1049 of 1823 eligible). RESULTS People aged 65+ years were more likely than younger people to define well-being as being abl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Family Practice
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1460-2229,0263-2136
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq082