Poverty in the United States : Women's Voices

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Leary, Ann (Editor), Frew, Paula M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Public health.; Social policy.; Social work.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319438337
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43833-7
• Physical Description: XXII, 234 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color. online resource.

This important text explores the deep relationships between poverty, health/mental health conditions, and widespread social problems as they affect the lives of low-income women. A robust source of both empirical findings and first-person descriptions by poor women of their living conditions, it exp...