Poverty in people with disabilities: Indicators from the capability approach

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-82

  Rosano, Aldo ^a   Mancini, Federica ^b   Solipaca, Alessandro ^c  

^a Public Health Agency of Regione Lazio   (Italy)

^b Italian Institute of Social Medicine   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capability; Disability; Equivalence scales

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDIVIDUALISM; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; STATE ROLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69949123906     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9337-1     Document Type: Article

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