Assessing the Effects of a Work-Based Antipoverty Program for Parents on Youth's Future Orientation and Employment Experiences

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-132

  McLoyd, Vonnie C ^a   Kaplan, Rachel ^a   Purtell, Kelly M ^a   Huston, Aletha C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; POLICY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); ATTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENTS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 79551513187     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01544.x     Document Type: Article

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