Transition from care: Status and outcomes of youth who age out of foster care

Child Welfare

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 727-746

  Reilly, Thom ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGING; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NEVADA;

EID: 2142660367     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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