Understanding self-sufficiency of welfare leavers in illinois: Elaborating models with psychosocial factors

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2001, Issue 91, 2001, Pages 33-44

  Julnes, George ^a   Fan, Xitao ^b   Hayashi, Kentaro ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84937334282     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.22     Document Type: Article

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