Joining an asset building program: The social and economic correlates

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-78

  Shobe, Marcia A ^a   Christy McMullin, Kameri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual development accounts; Poverty; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746554833     PISSN: 15433714     EISSN: 15433722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J394v03n01_04     Document Type: Article

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