My children come first: Welfare-reliant women's post-TANF views of work-family trade-offs and marriage

For Better and For Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children and Families

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 132-153

  Scott, Ellen K ^a   Edin, Kathryn ^b   London, Andrew S ^c   Mazelis, Joan Maya ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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