The household as a unit of analysis: Reflections from migration research in Nepal

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 99, Issue , 1999, Pages 101-111

  Agergaard, Jytte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Households; Methodology; Micro level perspective; Migration and settlement; Nepal

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

NEPAL;

EID: 0033376901     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.1999.10649427     Document Type: Article

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