Measuring social cohesion: An experiment using the Canadian National Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 461-492

  Rajulton, Fernando ^a   Ravanera, Zenaida R ^a   Beaujot, Roderic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Latent scores; National survey of giving; Social cohesion; Structural equation modeling; Volunteerin gand participating

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVEY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947581234     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-0011-1     Document Type: Article

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