The economic risk of childhood in America: Estimating the probability of poverty across the formative years

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1058-1067

  Rank, Mark R ^a   Hirschl, Thomas A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Education; Family structure; Poverty; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040958786     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/354024     Document Type: Review

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