Going to extremes: Family structure, children's well-being, and social science

Demography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-428

  Cherlin, Andrew J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; DIVORCE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; DIVORCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; RESEARCH; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 0033219004     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648081     Document Type: Article

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