The effect of marital status on home ownership among low-income households

Social Service Review

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-503

  Grinstein Weiss, Michal ^a   Charles, Pajarita ^a   Guo, Shenyang ^a   Manturuk, Kim ^a   Key, Clinton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 80054735072     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662166     Document Type: Article

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