The costs of getting ahead: Mexican family system changes after immigration

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-66

  Bacallao, Martica L ^a   Smokowski, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Familism; Family systems; Latinos; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845675873     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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