The effects of resources, decision making, and decision implementing on perceived family well-being in adjusting to an economic stressor

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-34

  Rettig, Kathryn D ^a   Leichtentritt, Ronit D ^b   Danes, Sharon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decision making; Economic stressor; Family well being; Farm households; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038094297     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1022163729635     Document Type: Article

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