A comparative study of homelessness in the United Kingdom and Japan

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 525-542

  Okamoto, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GENDER; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547911791     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2007.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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