Needs and aspirations of the working poor: Early head start program applicants

Families in Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 412-421

  Wall, Shavaun M ^a   Timberlake, Elizabeth M ^a   Farber, Michaela Z ^a   Sabatino, Christine A ^a   Liebow, Harriet ^b   Smith, Nancy McK ^b   Taylor, Nancy E ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034215379     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.1036     Document Type: Article

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