Early-childhood poverty and adult attainment, behavior, and health

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 306-325

  Duncan, Greg J ^a   Ziol Guest, Kathleen M ^b   Kalil, Ariel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute for Children and Poverty   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 76749137705     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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