Finding home: Challenges faced by geographically mobile families

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-99

  Allen, Sarah ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialectical; Geographical mobility; Home environment; Migrant families; Qualitative grounded theory research

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849049362     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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