Poverty in the Texas Borderland and Lower Mississippi Delta: A comparative analysis of differences by family type

Demographic Research

Volumn 20, Issue , 2009, Pages 353-376

  Slack, Tim ^a   Singelmann, Joachim ^a   Fontenot, Kayla ^a   Poston Jr , Dudley L ^b   Saenz, Rogelio ^b   Siordia, Carlos ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65249110992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.15     Document Type: Article

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