Children's rights and children's quality of life: Conceptual and practical issues

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-298

  Casas, Ferran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD RIGHTS; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS;

EID: 0031448367     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006836909395     Document Type: Article

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