Chinese Children Among the Poor: Comparing U.S. Natives with Immigrants from Taiwan, Mainland China, and Hong Kong

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 137-148

  Qian, Zhenchao ^a   Lichter, Daniel T ^b   Crowley, Martha ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child poverty; Family structure; Immigration; Maternal employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455251837     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-010-9034-y     Document Type: Article

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