Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in the measurement of rural poverty: The case of Iran

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-394

  Hayati, Dariush ^a,b   Karami, Ezatollah ^a   Slee, Bill ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b University of Gloucestershire ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iran; Middle East; Participation; Poverty measurement; Rural poverty

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; POVERTY; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 32044450054     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-004-6299-9     Document Type: Review

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