Impact of welfare reform on teenage parent recipients: An analysis of two cohorts

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 135-140

  Collins, Mary Elizabeth ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; WELFARE;

EID: 0033974925     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087636     Document Type: Article

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