Public assistance receipt among immigrants and natives: How the unit of analysis affects research findings

Demography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Van Hook, Jennifer ^a   Glick, Jennifer E ^c   Bean, Frank D ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033072019     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648137     Document Type: Article

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