Draining or gaining? The social networks of public housing movers in Boston

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 227-247

  Curley, Alexandra M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concentrated poverty; Draining; Housing mobility; Leverage; Relocation; Social networks; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449098532     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407509106716     Document Type: Article

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