Remittance patterns of southern Sudanese refugee men: Enacting the global breadwinner role

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-443

  Johnson, Phyllis J ^a   Stoll, Kathrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Financial strain; Refugee immigrant populations; Remittances; Sudanese; Transnational family

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949124782     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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