Subsidized housing and household hardship among low-income single-mother households

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 934-949

  Berger, Lawrence M ^a   Heintze, Theresa ^b   Naidich, Wendy B ^c   Meyers, Marcia K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Family resource management; Housing; Instrumental variables; Low income families; Single parent families

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849433160     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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