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McLanahan, S.S., Kelly, E.L. (2006). The Feminization of Poverty. In: Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36218-5_7
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