The uses of social indicators

Social Forces

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 601-617

  Ferriss, Abbott L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84963052639     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/66.3.601     Document Type: Article

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