Surveying Human Vulnerabilities across the Life Course

This open access book details tools and procedures for data collections of hard-to-reach, hard-to-survey populations. Inside, readers will discover first-hand insights from experts who share their successes as well as their failures in their attempts to identify and measure human vulnerabilities acr...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Oris, Michel (Editor), Roberts, Caroline (Editor), Joye, Dominique (Editor), Ernst Stähli, Michèle (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Series:Life Course Research and Social Policies, 3
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24157-9
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