What determines the out-of-home placement of children in the USA?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1749-1755

  Bhatti Sinclair, Kish ^a   Sutcliffe, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child placement; Logistic regression; NCANDS; Out of home care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863878049     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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