Neighborhood poverty and public policy: A 5-year follow-up of children's educational outcomes in the New York City moving to opportunity demonstration

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 933-952

  Leventhal, Tama ^a,c   Fauth, Rebecca C ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Communities; Neighborhood; Poverty; Social policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 28744441816     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.6.933     Document Type: Article

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