Measures for studying poverty in family and child research

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 971-988

  Roosa, Mark W ^a   Deng, Shiying ^a   Nair, Rajni L ^a   Burrell, Ginger Lockhart ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic family budgets; Economic pressure; Hunger; Income to needs ratio; Poverty thresholds; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745322837     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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