What Counts? Definition, Measurement, and Legitimacy in Studies of Homelessness

The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 190-210

  Williams, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definition; Enumeration; Homelessness; Legitimacy; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889358701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996973.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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