Housing costs in an oil and gas boom town: Issues for low-income senior women living alone

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-325

  Ryser, Laura ^a   Halseth, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Poverty; Resource towns; Rural; Seniors; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860415958     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763893.2011.595618     Document Type: Article

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