A Weighted Multidimensional Index of Child Well-Being Which Incorporates Children's Individual Perceptions

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 803-829

  Fernandes, Liliana ^a   Mendes, Américo ^a   Teixeira, Aurora ^b  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Child indicators; Child well being; Measurement; Methods

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMETRICS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886748951     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0174-x     Document Type: Article

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