Poverty, parenting, and policy: Meeting the support needs of poor parents

Children of Poverty: Research, Health, and Policy Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 269-303

  McLoyd, Vonnie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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