Editor's Note: Â鶹´«Ã½AV re-estimated its Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Healthways Well-Being Index and Life Evaluation Index data from January 2008 to April 2009 to address context effects that Â鶹´«Ã½AV discovered after the data were originally published.
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