Evaluating contemporary social exclusion in Europe: A hierarchical latent class approach

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 923-941

  Pirani, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

European regions; Hierarchical latent class models; Individual and regional profiles; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872665998     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9574-2     Document Type: Article

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