Economic well-being in salvadoran transnational families: How gender affects remittance practices

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1070-1085

  Abrego, Leisy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central American families; Economic well being; El Salvador; Immigrant families; Parenting and parenthood; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350489690     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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