The declining relative status of black women workers, 1980-2002

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1833-1857

  Dozier, Raine ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78049240625     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2010.0022     Document Type: Article

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