Economic Hardship and the Development of Five- and Six-Year-Olds: Neighborhood and Regional Perspectives
Child DevelopmentPublished 1 December 1996
P. Lindsay Chase‐Lansdale, Rachel Gordon
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P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Rachel A. Gordon, Economic Hardship and the Development of Five- and Six-Year-Olds: Neighborhood and Regional Perspectives, Child Development, Vol. 67, No. 6 (Dec., 1996), pp. 3338-3367
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