Income, family structure, and child maltreatment risk

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 725-748

  Berger, Lawrence M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child well being; Family structure; Income

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444326361     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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