Private Safety Net: Childcare Resources from the Perspective of Rural Low-Income Families

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-209

  Katras, Mary Jo ^b   Zuiker, Virginia S ^a   Bauer, Jean W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child care; Low income; Phenomenology; Policy; Rural families; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842632248     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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