Childhood adversities and later economic hardship among Swedish child welfare clients: Cumulative disadvantage or disadvantage saturation?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2137-2156

  Lif, Evelina Fridell ^a   Brännström, Lars ^a   Vinnerljung, Bo ^a   Hjern, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adverse childhood experiences; Child welfare; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD; HUMAN; JUVENILE; SWEDISH CITIZEN;

EID: 85020285963     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcw167     Document Type: Article

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