No degree, no job: Adolescent mothers' perceptions of the impact that adolescent fathers' human capital has on paternal financial and social capital

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Futris, Ted G ^a   Nielsen, Robert B ^b   Olmstead, Spencer B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent parenting; Coparenting; Father involvement; Human capital; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749089988     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-009-0187-8     Document Type: Article

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