Effects of combining public assistance and employment on mothers and their young children

Women and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 179-210

  Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a   Klebanov, Pamela ^a   Smith, Judith R ^b   Lee, Kyunghee ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal employment; Poverty; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; POVERTY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTING; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035180089     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v32n03_02     Document Type: Article

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