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What is wrong with children's well-being in the UK? Questions of meaning and measurementFootnote1

Virginia Morrow Institute of Education, University of LondonCorrespondence[email protected]
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Berry Mayall Institute of Education, University of London
Pages 217-229 | Published online: 01 Dec 2009

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