Testing the internal validity of the inglehart thesis by means of a latent class choice model

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-160

  Moors, Guy ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Latent class analysis; Measurement; Postmaterialism; Ranking data; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248572136     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699307077656     Document Type: Article

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