Helping hands: Neighborhood diversity, deprivation, and reciprocity of support in non-kin networks

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 26, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 899-918

  Phan, Mai B ^a   Blumer, Nadine ^b   Demaiter, Erin I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exchange theory; Instrumental support; Neighborhood disadvantage; Neighborhood effects; Non kin networks; Racial diversity; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749092879     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407509345655     Document Type: Article

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