The housing and neighborhood conditions of America's children: Patterns and trends over four decades

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-245

  Holupka, C Scott ^a   Newman, Sandra J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Housing; Neighborhoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055031276     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2011.567289     Document Type: Article

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