Maternal Union Transitions and Household Food Insecurity: Differences by Race and Ethnicity

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-393

  Hernandez, Daphne C ^a   Pressler, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family instability; food insecurity; race; union dissolution; union formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874339281     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12449134     Document Type: Article

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