The single-father family: Demographic, economic, and public transfer use characteristics

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 203-220

  Brown, Brett V ^a  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; EITC; Public transfers; Single fathers; Single parent; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034395520     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v29n02_12     Document Type: Article

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