Principal component analysis on human development indicators of China

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-330

  Lai, Dejian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Human development index; Principal components; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 0037365952     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021951302937     Document Type: Article

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