Cultural constructions of the concept of household in sample surveys

Population Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-229

  Randall, Sara ^a   Coast, Ernestina ^b   Leone, Tiziana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Definition; Household; Policy; Qualitative research; Survey methodology; Surveys; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY; SURVEY METHOD;

TANZANIA;

EID: 79960637447     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2011.576768     Document Type: Review

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