Did the AFDC program succeed in keeping mothers and young children living together?

Social Service Review

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 212-230

  Brandon, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0040522151     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514477     Document Type: Article

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