Towards new indicators of disadvantage: Deprivation and social exclusion in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-194

  Saunders, Peter ^a   Naidoo, Yuvisthi ^a   Griffiths, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Disadvantage; Essentials of life; Poverty; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049172533     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00097.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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