Draining ties: Tie quality versus content in low-income women's social networks when displaced by redevelopment

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 573-588

  Kleit, Rachel Garshick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

HOPE VI; Low income; Poverty dispersal; Public housing; Relocation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953533486     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407510363430     Document Type: Article

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