Parental nativity and the decision to substantiate: Findings from a study of Latino children in the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW II)

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2229-2239

  Johnson Motoyama, Michelle ^a   Dettlaff, Alan J ^b   Finno, Megan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigration; Latino child welfare; Racial ethnic disparities; Substantiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866037867     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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