Agents of support: Intra-generational relationships and the role of agency in the support networks of child-headed households in Zambia

Children's Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-306

  Payne, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency; child headed households; relationships; support networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864651959     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2012.693379     Document Type: Article

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