Volume 20 - Article 15 | Pages 353–376
Poverty in the Texas borderland and lower Mississippi Delta: A comparative analysis of differences by family type
By Tim Slack, Joachim Singelmann, Kayla Fontenot, Dudley L. Poston, Sáenz Rogelio, Carlos Siordia
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