The relationship between child disability and living arrangement in child welfare

Child Welfare

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 965-984

  Romney, Stephanie C ^a   Litrownik, Alan J ^b,c   Newton, Rae R ^d   Lau, Anna ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 33847359579     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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