Potential positive and negative consequences of coresidence for teen mothers and their children in adult-supervised households

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-108

  Eshbaugh, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational households; Policy; Teen motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349017209     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-007-9150-5     Document Type: Article

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