Welfare receipt and family structure: Evaluating the effects on children’s reading achievement

Sociological Focus

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-200

  Jones, Lori Kowaleski ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85010604866     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.1999.10571134     Document Type: Article

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