Childhood conditions and adult welfare use: Examining neighborhood and family factors

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 225-237

  Vartanian, Thomas P ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFDC; Epidemic theory; Intergeneration; Isolation; Neighborhoods; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074837     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353896     Document Type: Article

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