An index of child well-being in the European Union

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-177

  Bradshaw, Jonathan ^a   Hoelscher, Petra ^b   Richardson, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; EUROPEAN UNION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846110537     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-9024-z     Document Type: Article

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