Dimensionality of the Chinese perceived causes of poverty scale: Findings based on confirmatory factor analyses

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-164

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a   Ma, Cecilia Man Sze ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Beliefs about poverty; Chinese adolescents; Confirmatory factor analysis; Factorial invariance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 55649107279     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9266-z     Document Type: Article

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