Maternal employment and education: Predictors of young adolescent career trajectories

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 114-126

  Castellino, Domini R ^a   Lerner, Jacqueline V ^b   Lerner, Richard M ^b   Von Eye, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011859648     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532480xads0203_1     Document Type: Article

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