Gender, family configuration, and the effect of family background on educational attainment

Social Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 98-131

  Kuo, Hsiang Hui Daphne ^a   Hauser, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--DETERMINANTS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BIRTH ORDER; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--DETERMINANTS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030093525     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1996.9988915     Document Type: Article

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