Developing Survey Measures of Inequality of Autonomy in the UK

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-25

  Burchardt, Tania ^a   Holder, Holly ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Choice; Cognitive interviewing; Control; Empowerment; Equality

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; LANGUAGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856387142     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9797-6     Document Type: Article

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