Development and measurement of social indicators

Spring 1972- Summer 1973 (ICPSR study)

by Frank M. Andrews

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Published 1974 by Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research .
Written in English

Subjects:

• 1945-,
• Public opinion,
• Social conditions,
• Social indicators,
• United States

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The Physical Object
Format	Unknown Binding
Number of Pages	578
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL11177432M
ISBN 10	0879441887
ISBN 10	9780879441883

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