Poverty among working families: New insights from an improved poverty measure

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 253-267

  Iceland, John ^a   Kim, Josh ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

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EID: 0035373966     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0038-4941.00021     Document Type: Article

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