Poverty and child outcomes: A focus on Jamaican youth

Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 168, 2007, Pages 837-858

  Smith, Delores E ^b   Ashiabi, Godwin S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; POVERTY;

EID: 38849204897     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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