Rethinking the sociological measurement of poverty

Social Forces

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 715-752

  Brady, David ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037368332     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2003.0025     Document Type: Article

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