Low-income multigenerational households: Variation in family functioning by mothers' age and race/ethnicity

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 851-881

  Pittman, Laura D ^a   Boswell, Michelle K ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grandparents; Mental health; Multigenerational households; Parenting; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649189095     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07312107     Document Type: Article

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