A question of class: On the heterogeneous relationship between background characteristics and a child's placement risk

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 783-789

  Andersen, Signe Hald ^a   Fallesen, Peter ^a  

^a 2tv DK 1307 Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Foster care; Risk factors; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950624106     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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