The roles of living arrangements and household resources in single mothers' employment

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 49-67

  Park, Jung Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Household resources; Household structure; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844386167     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v31n03_03     Document Type: Article

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