Welfare reform and access to family-supportive benefits in the workplace

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 538-547

  Piotrkowski, Chaya S ^a   Kessler Sklar, Susan ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NCJW Center for the Child   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; INTEGRATION; POLICY; POVERTY; REVIEW; WELFARE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029805166     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080203     Document Type: Review

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