What's (Not) Wrong With Low-Income Marriages

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-427

  Trail, Thomas E ^a   Karney, Benjamin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family policy; Low income families; Socioeconomic status; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861465106     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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