Living arrangements and children's development in low-income white, black, and latino families

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1657-1674

  Foster, E Michael ^a,c   Kalil, Ariel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; CUSTODY; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEGRO; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIALIZATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIALIZATION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 35948992686     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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