Quality of life of some under-represented survey respondents: Youth, aboriginals and unemployed

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-213

  Michalos, Alex C ^a   Orlando, Julie Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENCY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE GEORGE;

EID: 33750113334     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-4717-2     Document Type: Article

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