Constructing summary indices of quality of life: A model for the effect of heterogeneous importance weights

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-496

  Hagerty, Michael R ^a   Land, Kenneth C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous importance weights; Quality of life indices; Summary index construction; Well being accounts

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247107689     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124106292354     Document Type: Article

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