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To Cite this Article: Nurnadia, S., Amin, A., & Ismail, W. N. A. T. (2022). Validation and Establishment of Social Change Indicator among Urban Poverty: Multidimensional Verification Based on Multivariate Analysis. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 12(13), 185 - 195.
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