Inequality in Children’s Contexts: Income Segregation of Households with and without Children

American Sociological Review

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 549-574

  Owens, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

income inequality; income segregation; neighborhood segregation; school district fragmentation; school district segregation

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD;

EID: 84971435092     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122416642430     Document Type: Article

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