Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ543648
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Poverty in Latin America: A Critical Analysis of Three Studies.
Boltvinik, Julio
International Social Science Journal, v48 n2 p245-60 Jun 1996
Critically evaluates the methodologies used in three recent studies on poverty in Latin America. Maintains that some studies measure the relative nature of nutritional poverty while others record the absolute nature of nutritional poverty (physical survival). Includes a comparative analysis of the studies' results. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Disadvantaged Environment, Economics, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Nutrition, Physical Health, Poverty, Power Structure, Public Health, Quality of Life, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Research Reports, Slums, Social Problems, Social Responsibility, Social Science Research, World Affairs
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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