A Multidimensional Measure of Neighboring

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 413-435

  Skjæveland, Oddvar ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^b   Mæland, John Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Multidimensional measure; Neighborhoods; Neighboring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001672129     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02512029     Document Type: Article

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