The everyday costs of poverty in childhood: A review of qualitative research exploring the lives and experiences of low-income children in the UK

Children and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-84

  Ridge, Tess ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Disadvantage; Exclusion; Participation; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953746077     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2010.00345.x     Document Type: Review

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