"Subjective" and "objective" views of neighborhood danger & well-being: The importance of multiple perspectives and mixed methods

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-482

  Spilsbury, James C ^a,d   Korbin, Jill E ^b   Coulton, Claudia J ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for Clinical Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Danger; Mixed methods; Neighborhood; Parents; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869454141     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-012-9165-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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