The racial divide among American children in poverty: Reassessing the importance of neighborhood

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1264-1271

  Drake, Brett ^a   Rank, Mark R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Census tract; Children; Neighborhood; Poverty; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350289426     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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