How much does childhood poverty affect the life chances of children?

American Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 406-423

  Duncan, Greg J ^a,b,c,d   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a   Jean Yeung, W ^a   Smith, Judith R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY INCIDENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

USA;

EID: 3543016088     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657556     Document Type: Article

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