Childcare for low-income families: Problems and promises

Work-Family Challenges for Low-Income Parents and their Children

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 137-164

  Huston, Aletha C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410609755     Document Type: Chapter

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