The effect of initial placement into kinship foster care on reunification from foster care: A bivariate probit analysis

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1-31

  Grogan Kaylor, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Bivariate probit analysis; Foster care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540337     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v27n04_01     Document Type: Article

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