Identifying class structure: A latent class analysis of the criterion-related and construct validity of the Goldthorpe class schema

European Sociological Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-106

  Evans, Geoffrey ^a   Mills, Colin ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032371452     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018229     Document Type: Article

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