The feminization of poverty: Myth or reality?

Critical Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 336-351

  Gimenez, Martha E ^a  

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EID: 33745696762     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08969205990250022101     Document Type: Article

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