The structure of material hardship in U.S. households: An examination of the coherence behind common measures of well-being

Social Problems

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 746-764

  Heflin, Colleen ^a   Sandberg, John ^b   Rafail, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insufficiency; Food security; Housing; Material hardship; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350403355     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2009.56.4.746     Document Type: Article

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