The spaces of coping: Women and "poverty" in Singapore

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-131

  Davidson, Gillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENDER RELATIONS; POVERTY; POVERTY RESPONSE; SPATIAL EXPERIENCE; WOMEN; WOMEN'S STATUS;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030390723     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.1996.tb00088.x     Document Type: Article

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