An index of the condition of children: The ideal and a less-than-ideal U.S. example

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-331

  Moore, Kristin Anderson ^a   Vandivere, Sharon ^a   Lippman, Laura ^a   McPhee, Cameron ^a   Bloch, Margot ^a  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child indicators; Child well being; Indices; National Survey of America's Families

Indexed keywords

EID: 42249099567     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9120-8     Document Type: Article

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