Who Runs? A Demographic Profile of Runaway Youth in the United States

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 778-781

  Sanchez, Rebecca Polley ^a   Waller, Martha W ^a   Greene, Jody M ^b  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Demographics; Runaway youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749519449     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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