After-school programs for low-income children: Differences in program quality

Organized Activities As Contexts of Development: Extracurricular Activities, After School and Community Programs

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 437-456

  Vandell, Deborah Lowe ^a   Shumow, Lee ^b   Posner, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84917194201     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612748     Document Type: Chapter

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