Scaling the socioeconomic ladder: Low-income women's perceptions of class status and opportunity

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 693-709

  Bullock, Heather E ^a   Limbert, Wendy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346963832     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-4537.2003.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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