The well-being of children born to teen mothers

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-122

  Levine, Judith A ^a   Emery, Clifton R ^a   Pollack, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent parents; Adolescents; Child development; Low income families; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth; School achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846455050     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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