Capacity for freedom-a new way of measuring poverty amongst Australian children

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-198

  Callander, Emily J ^a   Schofield, Deborah J ^a,b   Shrestha, Rupendra N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capability; Education; Health; Income; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862679937     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-011-9122-6     Document Type: Article

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