Propensity score matching of children in kinship and nonkinship foster care: Do permanency outcomes still differ?

Social Work Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-116

  Koh, Eun ^a   Testa, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinship foster care; Legal permanence; Placement stability; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249126486     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/32.2.105     Document Type: Article

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