Effects of the Great Recession: Health and Well-Being

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-201

  Burgard, Sarah A ^a   Kalousova, Lucie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

foreclosure; health behaviors; inequality; safety net; stress; unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939613065     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-073014-112204     Document Type: Article

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