Improving the statistics on violence against women

Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 193-216

  Walby, Sylvia ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; PUBLIC SERVICES; VIOLENCE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 33745647274     PISSN: 01678000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/sju-2005-223-402     Document Type: Article

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