Patterns of absolute and relative social mobility: A comparative study of England, Wales and Scotland

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Paterson, Lindsay ^a   Iannelli, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British household panel study; Comparative research; Loglinear modelling; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349045057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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