"It feels like a little family to me": Social interaction and support among women in adult education and family literacy

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-352

  Prins, Esther ^a   Toso, Blaire Willson ^a   Schafft, Kai A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family literacy; Poverty; Social networks; Social support; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749090139     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713609331705     Document Type: Article

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