Women's Danger Management Strategies in an Inner-City Housing Project

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-147

  Jarrett, Robin L ^a   Jefferson, Stephanie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African American; Coping strategies; Family; Public housing; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842733095     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00004.x     Document Type: Review

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