Individual and community factors affecting psychological sense of community, attraction, and neighboring in rural communities

Canadian Review of Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-329

  Wilkinson, Derek ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OBJECT RELATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 60849113140     PISSN: 17556171     EISSN: 1755618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618X.2008.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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