Employed rural, low-income, single mothers' family and work over time

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-120

  Son, Seohee ^a   Bauer, Jean W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demands; Low income; Resource; Single mothers; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349124883     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-009-9173-8     Document Type: Article

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