Work and welfare: Job histories, barriers to employment, and predictors of work among low-income single mothers

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 526-537

  Brooks, Margaret G ^a   Buckner, John C ^a,b  

^a Better Homes Fund   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAINING; WELFARE; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK;

EID: 0029847162     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080202     Document Type: Review

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