Poverty at the Local Level: National and Small Area Poverty Estimates by Family Type for Australia in 2006

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-171

  Miranti, Riyana ^a   McNamara, Justine ^a   Tanton, Robert ^a   Harding, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family type; Microsimulation; Poverty; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79960297064     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-010-9049-1     Document Type: Article

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