Factors influencing adolescents' income and expenditures

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-150

  Meeks, Carol B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Earnings; Expenditures; Income

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007451824     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022948623549     Document Type: Article

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