Female-headed families and poverty in rural America

Rural Sociology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-149

  Snyder, Anastasia R ^a   McLaughlin, Diane K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; WOMENS STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842759696     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601104322919937     Document Type: Article

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