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Characterisation of Health and Social Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Renan M. V. R. Almeida ,
Mae Thamer  and
Ernst O. Attinger
Renan M. V. R. Almeida
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA
Mae Thamer
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA
Ernst O. Attinger
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA
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Summary

The relative performance of less developed countries in their health, demographic and economic sectors was assessed by means of comparative indices constructed with the help of a factor analysis. This approach reduces the problems usually associated with such indices, like the arbitrary weighting of their components.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 1 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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