Material deprivation, economic stress, and reference groups in Europe: An analysis of EU-SILC 2009

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1162-1174

  Whelan, Christopher T ^a,b   Maître, Bertrand ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

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EID: 84890670301     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jct006     Document Type: Article

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