Stability and change in community perceptions of poverty: Evidence from Australia

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Saunders, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consensual poverty; Minimum incomes; Poverty; Subjective poverty; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33444466531     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v07n04_01     Document Type: Article

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