Adolescents' understanding of poverty and the poor in rural Malaysia

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-239

  Halik, Murnizam ^a,b   Webley, Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents' perception; Attribution for poverty; Understanding of poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952815853     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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