The social world of female-headed black families: a study of quality of life in a marginalized neighborhood.

From: International Journal of Comparative Sociology | Date: May 1, 1999| Author: Nandi, Prohanta K.; Harris, Hugh | Copyright information

This paper explores the social world of female-headed black families residing in a marginalized neighborhood in a mid-western state capital in the United States. The social world is construed to consist of respondents' perceptions of both subjective and inter-subjective dimensions of quality of life as well as their fears, hopes and aspirations. An instrument to elicit these perceptions was administered to a sample of one hundred females in face-to-face interviews. The research findings rev...

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