Impact of household size and family composition on poverty in rural India

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 539-559

  Meenakshi, J V ^a   Ray, Ranjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult equivalence scales; Economies of household size; Female headed households; Head count poverty rate; Land deprivation; Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036808308     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-8938(02)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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