Evaluating the effectiveness of programs to improve educational attainment of unwed African American teen mothers: A meta analysis

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 458-477

  Baytop, Chanza M ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

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