Personal and political?: Exploring the feminization of the american homeless population

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-115

  Richards, Tara N ^a   Garland, Tammy S ^b   Bumphus, Vic W ^b   Thompson, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Homelessness; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949110220     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875540903489496     Document Type: Article

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