Commuting constraints of black female workers in Atlanta: An examination of the spatial mismatch hypothesis in married-couple, dual-earner households

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-259

  Sultana, Selima ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlanta; Commuting; Racial disparity; Spatial mismatch hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; ETHNIC MINORITY; MARRIAGE; RACIAL DISPARITY; SPATIAL MISMATCH; URBAN POPULATION;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347603943     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2003.0000     Document Type: Article

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