The impact of child support on cognitive outcomes of young children

Demography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-173

  Argys, Laura M ^a   Peters, H Elizabeth ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b   Smith, Judith R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CUSTODY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0032064699     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3004049     Document Type: Article

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