Challenges and Strengths of Immigrant Latino Families in the Rural Midwest

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 347-372

  Raffaelli, Marcela ^a   Wiley, Angela R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

immigrants; Latinos; needs assessment; rural; service utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865846706     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11432422     Document Type: Article

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