The contribution of social support to the material well-being of low-income families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-140

  Henly, Julia R ^a,c   Danziger, Sandra K ^b   Offer, Shira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Social networks; Social support; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744522149     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2005.00010.x     Document Type: Review

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