Child Poverty: The United Kingdom Experience

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages S76-S82

  Mansour, Jane G ^a,b   Curran, Megan A ^b  

^a Centre for Economic and Social InclusionUS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

child poverty; comparative social policy; cross national analysis; poverty targets; United Kingdom; United States

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; POVERTY; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD WELFARE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962429878     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.01.012     Document Type: Note

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