Work, welfare, and young children's health and behavior in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 762-781

  Osborne, Cynthia ^a   Knab, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child wellbeing; Employment; Fragile Families; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248182907     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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