Can we trust parental reports of child care subsidy receipt?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 984-993

  Johnson, Anna D ^a   Herbst, Chris M ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Child care subsidies; Parent report; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876713026     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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