Chinese people's explanations of poverty: The perceived causes of poverty scale

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 622-640

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assessment; Beliefs; Causes of poverty; Chinese; Poor families

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042381596     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731503253376     Document Type: Review

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