TANF participation rates: Do community conditions matter?

Rural Sociology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-512

  Parisi, Domenico ^a   McLaughlin, Diane K ^b   Grice, Steven Michael ^a   Taquino, Michael ^a   Gill, Duane A ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348226200     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2003.tb00148.x     Document Type: Article

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