Adapting life history calendars for qualitative research on welfare transitions

Field Methods

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-58

  Harris, Deborah A ^a   Parisi, Domenico ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interviews; Life history calendar; Welfare transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649116225     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X06292707     Document Type: Article

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