Family structure, family stability and outcomes of five-year-old children

Families, Relationships and Societies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-61

  Craigie, Terry Ann L ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b   Waldfogel, Jane ^b  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b School of Social Work ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural problems; Child health; Cognitive ability; Family stability; Family structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904201824     PISSN: 20467435     EISSN: 20467443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/204674312X633153     Document Type: Article

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