The effects of antipoverty programs on children's cumulative level of poverty-related risk

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 981-999

  Gassman Pines, Anna ^a   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipoverty programs; Behavior problems; Child behavior; Cumulative risk; Policy; Poverty; Program evaluation; School achievement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; POVERTY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33750724769     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.981     Document Type: Article

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