Housing dependence and intimate relationships in the lives of low-income puerto rican mothers

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-393

  Clark, Sherri Lawson ^a   Burton, Linda M ^b   Flippen, Chenoa A ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; housing; intimate relationships; Puerto Rican mothers; relationship power

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751613185     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10379712     Document Type: Article

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