The choice of principal variables for computing some measures of human well-being

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-152

  Ogwang, Tomson ^a   Abdou, Abdella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 0042420009     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024788123572     Document Type: Article

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