Coping strategies among urban poor: Evidence from Nairobi, Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Amendah, Djesika D ^a   Buigut, Steven ^b   Mohamed, Shukri ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST CONTROL; COST OF LIVING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD PRICE INFLATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; KENYA; POVERTY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KENYA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84897480256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083428     Document Type: Article

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