Family transitions, economic status, and voter turnout among African-American inner-city women

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 658-678

  Plutzer, Eric ^a   Wiefek, Nancy ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lake Snell Perry and Associates   (United States)

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EID: 33746824655     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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