Studying children in armed conflict: Data production, social indicators and analysis

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-269

  Pedersen, Jon ^a   Sommerfelt, Tone ^b  

^a Fafo   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Child soldiers; Children; Living conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249143012     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9117-3     Document Type: Article

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