Faces of poverty: Sensitivity and specificity of economic classifications in rural Vietnam

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 62_suppl, 2003, Pages 70-75

  Khe, Nguyen Duy ^a,b   Eriksson, Bo ^b   Phuong, Do Nguyen ^a   Höjer, Bengt ^c   Diwan, Vinod K ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

economic indicators; poverty measurement; socioeconomic status; Vietnam.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; VIET NAM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 1542437414     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950310015149     Document Type: Article

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