The duration of spells on welfare and off welfare among lone mothers in Ontario

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Stewart, Jennifer ^a   Dooley, Martin D ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; SINGLE PARENT; WELFARE PROVISION; WOMENS STATUS;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0033510605     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3552316     Document Type: Article

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