Measuring socioeconomic status in health research in developing countries: Should we be focusing on households, communities or both?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-237

  Fotso, Jean Christophe ^a   Kuate Defo, Barthelemy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Health; Inequality; Malnutrition; Mortality; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23944511969     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-004-5579-8     Document Type: Review

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