Addressing Child Poverty: How Does the United States Compare with Other Nations?

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages S67-S75

  Smeeding, Timothy ^a   Thévenot, Céline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

child poverty; cross national; income supports; public expenditure; public services

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRIVER; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MARKET; MOTHER; POLICY; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC POLICY; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENTS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962349041     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.01.011     Document Type: Note

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