Livelihood strategies of food-insecure poor, female-headed families in rural Alabama

Psychological Reports

Volumn 101, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 1031-1036

  Zekeri, Andrew A ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGER; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ALABAMA; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HUNGER; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 39649102376     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.101.4.1031-1036     Document Type: Article

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