Restricted movement: Nativity, citizenship, legal status, and the residential crowding of Latinos in Los Angeles

Social Problems

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 141-162

  McConnell, Eileen Díaz ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Crowding; Housing; Immigration; Latinos; Legal status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929575041     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spu007     Document Type: Article

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