Transnational ties, poverty, and identity: Latin American immigrant women in public housing

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 419-430

  Domínguez, Silvia ^a   Lubitow, Amy ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family relationships; Latin American families; Public housing; Refugee immigrant populations; Social support networks; Transnational ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949106072     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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