Flexible families? 'Astronaut' households and the experiences of lone mothers in Vancouver, British Columbia

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-134

  Waters, Johanna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astronaut families; Chinese diaspora; Mothers; Transnationalism; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SINGLE PARENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 2042420242     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360220133907     Document Type: Article

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