Future orientation as a mediator between assets and perceived household economic stability: A structural equation modeling approach

Social Work Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-158

  Ansong, David ^a   Chowa, Gina A N ^b   Grinstein Weiss, Michal ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

assets; future orientation; household economic stability; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879473572     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: 15456838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/svt012     Document Type: Article

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