Health coverage instability for mothers in working families

Social Work

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 395-405

  Anderson, Steven G ^a   Eamon, Mary Keegan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health coverage; Income level; Instability; Mothers; Working families

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543051719     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/49.3.395     Document Type: Review

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