Mixed-Status Families and WIC Uptake: The Effects of Risk of Deportation on Program Use*

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 555-572

  Vargas, Edward D ^a   Pirog, Maureen A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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EID: 84983464245     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12286     Document Type: Article

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