Child support receipt: Does context matter? A comparative analysis of Colombia and the United States

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1876-1883

  Cuesta, Laura ^a   Meyer, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child support receipt; Cross national research; Custodial parent families

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863868258     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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