Growing up in Poverty in Developed Countries

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development: Second Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 115-139

  Chen, Jondou J ^a   Hetzner, Nina Philipsen ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Addressing a dditionalaspects of wealth and cost of living; Food Stamp Program (FSP); Growing Up in Poverty in Developed Countries; Home Observation forMeasurement of the Environment (HOME); National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY); Organization for Economic Co operation and Development (OECD); Socioeconomic status (SES); The investment model and the home environment; Variation in poverty rates across developed countries; Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885967965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327588.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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