Assessing the measurement and structure of material hardship in the United States

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-51

  Carle, Adam C ^a   Bauman, Kurt J ^b   Short, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Material hardship; Measurement; Poverty; Well Being

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; POVERTY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64249133849     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9287-7     Document Type: Article

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