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Youth Mentoring Relationships: Investigation of Data from Nationally Representative Samples

What role do school and neighborhood contexts play in shaping youth access to mentoring relationships?

To answer that question, the investigator will analyze data from both the ADD Health Study and the Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics on youth mentoring relationships.

About This Grant

Principal Investigator David DuBois, University Of Illinois, Chicago
Grant Period June 2004 – November 2005
Programs Research Grants
Focus Areas Understanding Youth Social Settings
Topics Out of School Time
Grant Amount
$25,000.00

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