Welfare, work and well-being among inner-city mothers

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 41-64

  Crittenden, Kathleen S ^a   Kim, Seijeoung ^a   Watanabe, Kaoru ^a   Norr, Kathleen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Life cycle; Low income women; Well being

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MINORITY GROUP; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036400319     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J005v23n01_04     Document Type: Review

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