Multigenerational Punishment: Shared Experiences of Undocumented Immigration Status Within Mixed-Status Families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 939-953

  Enriquez, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood children; Hispanic Americans; Immigration migrant families; Intergenerational; Parenthood; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935752477     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12196     Document Type: Article

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