Mothers' work and children's lives: Low-income families after welfare reform

Mothers' Work and Children's Lives: Low-Income Families after Welfare Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-147

  Johnson, Rucker C ^a   Kalil, Ariel ^b   Dunifon, Rachel E ^c   Ray, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d NONE

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