Deadbeat dads or inept states? A Comparison of Child Support Enforcement Systems

Evaluation Review

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 717-750

  Garfinkel, Irwin ^b   Miller, Cynthia ^b   Mclanahan, Sara S ^b   Hanson, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUSTODY; DIVORCE; ECONOMICS; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIVORCE; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PARENTING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032242635     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9802200602     Document Type: Article

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