Child care for low-income school-age children: Disability and family structure effects in a national sample

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 927-940

  Parish, Susan L ^a   Cloud, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

After care; Child care; Children with disabilities; Family structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646910832     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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