Welfare reforms and the cognitive development of young children

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-17

  Williamson, Deanna L ^a   Salkie, Fiona J ^a   Letourneau, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Poverty; Pre school children; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CANADA; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE;

ALBERTA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PARENTS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 13844254450     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404006     Document Type: Article

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