Child poverty, well-being and agency: What does a '3-D well-being' approach contribute?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1064-1075

  Sumner, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Children; Poverty; Well being

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HOLISTIC APPROACH; POVERTY DETERMINANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 78649511396     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1746     Document Type: Article

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