Effects of Age and Race on the Odds of Adoption versus Remaining in Long-Term Out-of-Home Care

Child Welfare

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-308

  Barth, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031091988     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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