Extended households and the life course of young mothers: Understanding the associations using a sample of mothers with premature, low birth weight babies

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1013-1038

  Gordon, Rachel A ^a   Chase Lansdale, P Lindsay ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STATISTICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PARENTING;

EID: 4344703496     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00723.x     Document Type: Review

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