School, family, and work: Factors associated with child care providers' persistence in college course work

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-194

  Buell, Martha Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 53149115650     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021991727798     Document Type: Article

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