A cross-sectional examination of birth rates among adolescent girls in foster care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-186

  King, Bryn ^a   Putnam Hornstein, Emily ^a,b   Cederbaum, Julie A ^b   Needell, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Foster care; Placement stability; Racial disparities; Teen births; Teen pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890777221     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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