Can households be multifocal? Conceptual and methodological considerations based on a namibian case study

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Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-212

  Greiner, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MOBILITY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 84871204787     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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