Permanency outcomes of children in kinship and non-kinship foster care: Testing the external validity of kinship effects

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-398

  Koh, Eun ^a  

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

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849115351     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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