The Prevalence and Economic Value of Doubling Up

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1667-1676

  Pilkauskas, Natasha V ^a   Garfinkel, Irwin ^a   McLanahan, Sara S ^b  

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

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doubling up; Fragile families; Household extension; Private safety nets; Private support

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910017455     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0327-4     Document Type: Article

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