Do Europeans view their homes as Castles? Homeownership and poverty perception throughout Europe

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1787-1805

  Watson, Duncan ^a   Webb, Robert ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; REGIONAL SECURITY; SPATIAL COGNITION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 69249142224     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009106020     Document Type: Article

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