The sequential costs of poverty: What traditional measures overlook

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 227-238

  Segal, Elizabeth A ^a   Peck, Laura R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent and sequential costs of poverty; Low income; Poverty measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645757845     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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