Bend to avoid breaking: Job loss, gender norms, and family stability in rural America

Social Problems

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 599-620

  Sherman, Jennifer ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Gender; Job loss; Poverty; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350374467     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2009.56.4.599     Document Type: Article

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