Socio-economic indexes in surveys for comparisons between countries

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-332

  Batista Foguet, J M ^a   Fortiana, J ^b   Currie, C ^c   Villalbi J R ^d  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Institut Municipal de Salut Publica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canonical variate analysis; Health behaviour; Optimal scaling; Social inequalities; Socio economic indexes; Summated rating scale

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUITY; INDEX METHOD; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 3042576695     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SOCI.0000032341.14612.b8     Document Type: Article

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