Mitigating Material Hardship: The Strategies Low-Income Families Employ to Reduce the Consequences of Poverty

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-246

  Heflin, Colleen ^a   London, Andrew S ^b   Scott, Ellen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 79953279418     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2011.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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