Low income families' utilization of the Federal "Safety Net": Individual and state-level predictors of TANF and Food Stamp receipt

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 713-724

  Purtell, Kelly M ^a   Gershoff, Elizabeth T ^a   Aber, J Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food stamps; Low income families; Safety net; TANF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857439269     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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