Instability in patchworks of child care when moving from welfare to work

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 370-386

  Scott, Ellen K ^a   London, Andrew S ^b   Hurst, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Poverty; Qualitative data; Single mothers; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745313896     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2005.00122.x     Document Type: Review

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