Do children from welfare families obtain less education?

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-170

  Ku, Inhoe ^a   Plotnick, Robert D ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037636591     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180816     Document Type: Article

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