Child-adult expenditure allocation by ethnicity

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 475-497

  Plassmann, Vandana S ^a   Norton, Marjorie J T ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child adult expenditure allocation; Ethnicity; Intrahousehold expenditure allocation; Poverty measures; Resourceallocation consensus model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984902204     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X04266694     Document Type: Article

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