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Rural Food Insecurity: A Longitudinal Analysis of Low-Income Rural Households with Children in the South

Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott, Annie Hardison-Moody
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2022, 8 (3) 50-77; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.3.02

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