The risk of teenage pregnancy among transitioning foster youth: Implications for extending state care beyond age 18

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1351-1356

  Dworsky, Amy ^a   Courtney, Mark E ^b  

^a Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging out; Foster care; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955713144     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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