Working Poor Families Project 2011

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ei Suss. T ai e. cs Futi(ttp://www.f./up/pubitifis/ft_st7.pf)

9 j Bks-gu, g j. du nmitt, P Fiis, P outs: T W-Bi fci yut, i csqus f gwi Up P,. g j. du j Bks-gu (nw yk:russ S Futi, 1997), 1-17; eu m.lwit, d l. T ri e. B,ci Pvt: asis rtis,T Futu f cil, Su/F 1997, 8-9

(ttp://futufi./futufi/pubitis/s/07_02_asis.pf).

10 Sus e. m, Ts i t ei W-Bi lif cs f ais ci, i csqus fgwi Up P, 46-69; g j. du, Kt m.Zi-gust ai Ki, e-ci Pvt

aut attit, Bvi, ht, cildvlpt81 (2010).

11 T btt quiti psts fiis wit i upt $31,000 u wi t tp quiti ius fiiswit i t t $116,400.

12 mk mt nw mss, cil iPsisttly P nibs, pp pst t tPputi assiti f ai au mti idtit, mi., m 2009(ttp://p2009.pit.u/w.spx?subissiI=90826).

13 dvi ew, gw Fst Tt, gw Slwlyapt: hw Will ai Wk i t 21st ctuy,aspIstitut, 2002.
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