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Satisfaction with Life in the Community and in the Country

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Young People's Quality of Life and Construction of Citizenship

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This chapter is dedicated to the study of satisfaction with life in the community and in the country. First, it presents the concepts of community, life satisfaction and satisfaction with community life considering different authors' points of view. Then it presents a scale to measure the level of satisfaction with life in the country, especially constructed by the author and explains its theoretical construction. Finally it shows some results of the application of the scale with young people in Argentina.

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    These results correspond to the application of the scale in the course Quantitative Methodology, career of Political Science, Department of Law and Political Science of the Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, Argentina, where the author was Titular Professor, 2010.

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Tonon, G. (2012). Satisfaction with Life in the Community and in the Country. In: Young People's Quality of Life and Construction of Citizenship. SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2996-4_3

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