Housing problems experienced by recipients of child welfare services

Child Welfare

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 393-422

  Courtney, Mark E ^a   McMurtry, Steven L ^b   Zinn, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; WISCONSIN;

EID: 9944243960     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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