Eking out an income: Low income households and their use of supplementary resource

Experiencing Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 219-231

  Elam, Gillian ^a   Ritchie, Jane ^a   Hulusi, Alper ^a  

^a Social Comm Planning and Research   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85045701610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315196312     Document Type: Chapter

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