Assessing the local need for family and child care services: A small area utilization analysis

Child Welfare

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 535-553

  Percy, Andrew ^b   Carr Hill, Roy ^b   Dixon, Paul ^a   Jamison, James Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BUDGETS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTHERN IRELAND; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0034265774     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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