Voices of homeless parents: The pain of homelessness and shelter life

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 55-77

  Choi, Namkee G ^a   Snyder, Lidia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Berkshire Farm Center and Youth Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Doubling up; Homeless parents; Shelter life; Welfare of children

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009638096     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v02n03_04     Document Type: Article

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