Poor mothers and lonely single males: The 'essentially' excluded women and men of Australia

Social Policy and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-239

  Patulny, Roger ^a   Wong, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

ageing; gender; income; marital status; necessity; social disconnection; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894213365     PISSN: 14747464     EISSN: 14753073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474746412000449     Document Type: Article

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