How mothers cope when their welfare grant is cut

Social Policy Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 63-83

  Smith, Judith R ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Child well being; Economic insecurity; Financial sanctions; Maternal depressive symptoms; Poverty; TANF; Welfare policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937377098     PISSN: 15332942     EISSN: 15332950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J185v01n04_05     Document Type: Article

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