Geographic Variations in Cost of Living: Associations With Family and Child Well-Being

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 209-225

  Chien, Nina C ^a   Mistry, Rashmita S ^b  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; INVESTMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INVESTMENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872942816     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01846.x     Document Type: Article

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