strategies for using EQROs to enhance the quality of preventive and developmental services for young children. Although only a …

This article assesses racial and ethnic differences in asthma prevalence, treatment patterns, and outcomes for children …

personal care to children with developmental disabilities is an important policy objective. Furthermore, paid supportive … services that children receive in addition to unpaid care could profoundly affect the informal caregivers who help them most …

children. …

, but includes few men who fathered children out of wedlock. This paper asks whether increasing marriage (and possibly …

The context of family life has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. Today, over 40 percent of children in the U … happening and what it means for parents, children and society. To sum up, the increase in non-marital childbearing has negative … consequences for parents, children and society. The fact that it is concentrated among poor and working class parents is especially …

Research suggests that children from low-income families are more likely to exhibit behavioral problems than children … that children in households experiencing material hardship score significantly higher on aggressive, withdrawn, and anxious …

, and rates of immunization for children born between 1988 and 2005. We find deterioration in nearly all of these dimensions … seen the largest erosion in treatment for pregnant women and children. Using semi-parametric techniques, we can date the …