The Elley-Irving Socio-Economic Index: 2001 Census Revision

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-17

  Elley, Warwick B ^a   Irving, James C ^b  

^a Victoria University of Wellington ^*  (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Education; Income; Labour force; Occupational stratification; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344980634     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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