"Please Ask Me How I Am": Experiences of Family Homelessness in the Context of Single Mothers' Lives

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-165

  Styron, Thomas H ^b   Janoff Bulman, Ronnie ^a   Davidson, Larry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CMHC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Abuse; Family homelessness; Poverty; Qualitative research; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034417814     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012945602583     Document Type: Article

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