The Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage: General population views on indicators used to determine area-based disadvantage

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 442-447

  Walker, Ruth ^a   Hiller, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 27544484243     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00224.x     Document Type: Article

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