Understanding the Mechanism Behind Maternal Imprisonment and Adolescent School Dropout

Family Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-289

  Cho, Rosa M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Maternal imprisonment; School dropout

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959194657     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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