Educational attainment of siblings in stepfamilies

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 269-289

  Case, Anne ^a   Lin, I Fen ^b   McLanahan, Sara ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Parental investment; Stepmothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000794082     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(01)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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