Understanding the socio-economic distribution of multiple deprivation: An application of self-organising maps

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-342

  Whelan, Christopher T ^a   Lucchini, Mario ^b   Pisati, Maurizio ^b   Maître, Bertrand ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Economic stress; Latent class; Multiple deprivation; Self organising maps; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956469611     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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