The Importance of the Geographic Level of Analysis in the Assessment of the Quality of Life: The Case of Spain

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-228

  González, Eduardo ^a   Cárcaba, Ana ^a   Ventura, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

DEA; Municipalities; Quality of life; Regions; Variance components analysis; VEA

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 79953230448     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9674-8     Document Type: Article

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