The Ownership Society and Women: Exploring Female Householders' Ability to Accumulate Assets

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-106

  Sanders, Cynthia K ^a   Porterfield, Shirley L ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Children; Female headed households; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349107835     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-009-9175-6     Document Type: Article

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