Capacity for Freedom - Using a New Poverty Measure to Look at Regional Differences in Living Standards within Australia

Geographical Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-420

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Health; Income; Living standards; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84869879316     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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