The role of welfare and work in predicting foster care reunification rates for children of welfare recipients

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 577-590

  Kortenkamp, Katherine ^a   Geen, Rob ^a   Stagner, Matthew ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox proportional hazards model; Foster care; Reunification rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942562016     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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