La Calidad de Vida dentro de La Villita: An investigation of factors affecting quality of life of Latino residents of an urban immigrant residential enclave

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-289

  Stodolska, Monika ^a   Shinew, Kimberly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Latinos; Quality of life; Urban gateway communities

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN AREA;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449132351     PISSN: 15562948     EISSN: 15562956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15562940903150071     Document Type: Article

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